Honorary Street Name Sign Program

The Honorary Street Name Sign program was established to allow citizens the opportunity to honor people who have made significant contributions to the City.

Honorary Street Name Sign Application Form 

Request for an honorary designation has to originate with an Alderman and each Alderman may have one honorary designation approved each year. Honorary street name signs are displayed for a period of ten-years and the portion of a street so designated is one block long. The program is administered by the Citizen’s Advisory Committee on Public Place Names through the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services. This committee meets in February, May and November (or as needed) to review and consider requests.

The Process: Complete the attached Honorary Street Name Sign application and submit it to the Alderman of the ward in which the proposed honorary street name sign is to be designated. If the Alderman is in support of your recommendation, he/she will sign the form and forward it to the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department for review by the Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Public Place Names, who will forward a recommendation to the Planning and Development Committee and City Council. Final approval is granted by the City Council.

The Criteria:
1. Cultural impact to the City.
2. Historical impact to the City.
3. Humanitarian efforts.
4. Close association with Evanston.
5. Distinguished career brought to the City.
6. Geographical relation of the street to the honoree’s focus of interest.
7. A living individual (exclusive of City staff).


Please fee free to contact the City of Evanston Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department at 847-866-2914 if you have any questions.