Council co‑names street for Elder Professor Mahmoud Elkhade after family request

Councilmember Buie presented resolution 26-11543 to establish honorary co-naming of Milton Street and Eagle Heart Avenue for Elder Professor Mahmoud Elkhade. Buie described Elkhade as "an educator, historian, author, mentor, and intellectual force in Minnesota" with more than six decades of service and emphasized that the family requested the specific location and committed to covering signage costs.

Several council members spoke in support, citing the nominative request from family and the elder’s long record of teaching and community leadership. Councilmember Johnson and others praised the moment as an opportunity to give community elders recognition while they are still living. The council adopted the resolution 6–1 on a roll-call vote. Staff noted that the location for signs is within the African American cultural district and that community members volunteered to bear the cost of the signs.