J.C. Nichols fountain, parkway could get new name

The Kansas City Parks and Rec Board is considering renaming the J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain and parkway in a bid to remove the name of the real estate developer who also spurred redlining and racial division in the city.  Parks Board Commissioner Chris Goode presented a letter Tuesday, urging the board to rename both the fountain in Mill Creek Park and the parkway. Goode wrote that he felt compelled to act after seeing Kansas City’s protests based in the park where the controversial fountain…