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Report from Vienna250, Rebuild Moorefield Exploratory Exploratory Committee (RMEEC) About Possible Legacy Project (Rebuilding Moorefield)
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PURPOSE:
To update council on work done by the Vienna250 committee to date on a possible legacy project.
KEY QUESTIONS:
Is Council interested in having the RMEEC take next steps? Among the most important decisions that need to be made are:
• If county funds for the initial feasibility assessment don’t come through, would the town be willing to fund it (est $25k or so)?
• Does the Town have a place to store the materials?
• What are the possible locations for a rebuilt Moorefield?
• Does the Town include an amount in our state budget request for rebuilding Moorefield?
BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
As part of its Vienna250 effort, the Vienna250 steering committee has been exploring possible legacy projects, including A) the rebuilding of Moorefield; and B) the preservation of an original “Yeonas” house. The Moorefield option is the most advanced. An informal committee, the “Rebuild Moorefield Exploratory Exploratory Committee” (RMEEC) has been formed to do an initial assessment of this legacy project. On the committee are: Vienna250 co-chairs Tracy McCarty and Chuck Anderson, HVI President Anne Stuntz, Councilmember Roy Baldwin, Bill Comerford, Abby Shannon, Mike McCarty, former Fairfax City Mayor David Meyer, and Terry Bachman. Tonight, they will report on their progress so far.
Who Was Jeremiah Moore?
Jeremiah Moore was one of the most important local figures of late 18th century Vienna. A faithful Episcopalian lay reader; Moore converted to the Baptist faith in his early twenties and began his life journey as an itinerant preacher. In the early 1770s, Moore was jailed for his refusal to bend to the colony’s legal licensing requirement for preaching in public. Upon release, he became one of Virginia’s most outspoken advocates for the twinned tenets of religious freedom and separation of church and state...
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