HomeMy Public PortalAbout2014_02_25_R025 Naming the Loudoun Street Park Site - Mervin Jackson Park The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia PRESENTED February 25, 2014
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-025 ADOPTED February 25, 2014
A RESOLUTION: NAMING THE LOUDOUN STREET PARK SITE
WHEREAS, on January 14, 2014, Council officially designated the green space adjacent to
the town parking garage on Loudoun Street as a park; and
WHEREAS,Vice Mayor Mervin Jackson served the Town of Leesburg in many official
capacities starting with his appointment to the Planning Commission in 1975; as Chairman of the
Planning Commission from 1987 until 1999; as an appointee to the Town Council in 1999; an
elected member of the Town Council in 2000 after receiving the most votes of any candidate when
he was elected to a full, four-year term; as Vice-Mayor from 2002-2004; as a member of the
Standing Residential Traffic Committee; the Board of Architectural Review; and the Joint
Town/County Annexation Area Development Policy Committee; and
WHEREAS, he served the community as an active member of the Providence Baptist
Church, serving as a superintendent, church treasurer, and Sunday school teacher, and in later years
at First Mount Olive Baptist Church and as a member of the Board of Directors at Monroe Bank;
and
WHEREAS, on February 8, 2014 the Parks and Recreation Commission unanimously
recommended naming the park"Mervin Jackson Park" in honor of the late Vice Mayor Mervin
Jackson.
THEREFORE RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia the park
site on Loudoun Street is hereby named"Mervin Jackson Park" in honor Mr. Jackson's
contributions to the Town of Leesburg.
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A RESOLUTION: NAMING THE LOUDOUN STREET PARK SITE
PASSED this 25th day of Februarys 2014. _
Kristen C. U ,stattd, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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