Port Hawkesbury Town council recently fielded a request from the family of former Mayor Billy Joe MacLean who are looking to re-name the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre after the local politician.
MacLean, who passed away last April, served as mayor of Port Hawkesbury from 1973-1981 and 1994-2016 and was instrumental in getting the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre built.
Steve MacDougall, a former councillor and deputy mayor, presented a request to consider a name change for the building during a Committee of the Whole meeting on February 17. Current Port Hawkesbury Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton noted the town recently passed its re-naming policies for commercial and civic facilities.
Chisholm-Beaton said the request is now in council’s hands for consideration.