Centennial Greetings Metzger Proclamation I
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City of Tigard
CENTENNIAL GREETINGS METZGER!
October 1 , 2011
Whereas, the community called Metzger originated from the donation land claims of
Thomas Stott (1850) and David C. Graham (1850) that railroad tracks were surveyed to
be built upon; and
Whereas, one hundred years ago Josephine and Herman Metzger filed a plat naming
streets for trees, presidents, and numbers for the Town of Metzger. The plat was
approved and officially recorded by Washington County; and
Whereas, the Metzger's donated land for a church, a school, a park and railroad right-
of-way to serve their flourishing community; and
Whereas, in 1999, the Washington Square Regional Plan acknowledged the long-
standing values and identity of Metzger by stating, "Metzger should be a neighborhood
that supports children and families. Metzger School and play fields will remain and be
enhanced as an important neighborhood asset; and
Whereas, today the Metzger community is comprised of 3,765 residents who continue
to maintain the character and friendship that Josephine and Herman Metzger
envisioned in their lifetime; and
Whereas, Metzger's proximity to a regional center containing a continuum of uses,
(from residential to densely developed commercial and employment areas) contributes
to the vitality and desirability of Metzger as a place to live and work.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, Craig E. Dirksen, Mayor of the City of
Tigard, Oregon, do hereby proclaim October 1, 2011 as
CENTENNIAL GREETINGS METZGER!
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- Dated this day of r, _TZ-A) 2011
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Se ,I of the
City of Tigard to be affixed.
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Craig E. Dirksen, Mayor
City of Tigard ,
Attest:
City Recorder -