Heron's Haven

Town of Occoquan

Mayor's E-Newsletter Update

Irregular, Unscheduled Updates from Occoquan Mayor Earnie Porta

July 21, 2023

Heron's Haven

Congratulations to Tom and Mary Craig, whose submission "Heron's Haven" was selected by the Occoquan Town Council from more than forty entries submitted in the inaugural "Name the Island" contest held during Occoquan's Riverfest and Craft Show in June. The contest, which will be held annually at Riverfest, asked participants to submit a name for the island adjacent to the Route 123 bridge that sits on the remains of a dike built by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1893. A sign will be placed on the island designating it as "Heron's Haven" and displaying Tom and Mary's names through June 30, 2024. After a new name is selected from entries during 2024's Riverfest and Craft Show, the "Heron's Haven" sign will be given to Tom and Mary.

Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations, Tom and Mary.

Photo: Kozarluha, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Settled in the middle of the 18th century, the historic riverfront town of Occoquan is home to a variety of historic buildings and an eclectic mix of more than one hundred shops and restaurants. It is particularly well known for its annual spring and fall craft shows. For more information on the town check out its web site at www.occoquanva.gov. Not already receiving this email newsletter regularly? Click here to sign up.

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© Earnie Porta, 2023. All rights reserved. Earnie Porta is the Mayor of the Town of Occoquan, Virginia. The Mayor's E-Newsletter Update is a successor publication to both Earnie Porta's E-Newsletter Update as well as his previous Mayor's E-Newsletter Update, the latter of which he published while serving as Mayor from July 2006 through June 2014. Like both prior publications, this newsletter is not an official publication of the Town of Occoquan and is produced and distributed at no cost to the town. The Town of Occoquan assumes no responsibility or liability for the information contained in this publication.