Title
Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation
Honoree: Vernest C. Moore
Date(s): Friday, July 19, 2024
Event Time: 12:00 P.M.
Official Street Name(s): Intersection of Fabyan Place and Keer Avenue
Ceremonial Intersection Name: “Vernest Moore Way”
Sponsor: Council Member, Louise Scott-Rountree
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 6PSF-f, adopted on May 20, 2015, authorizes the designation of an intersection, etc. for honorary and ceremonial purposes; and
WHEREAS, Vernest C. Moore moved to the City of Newark, New Jersey after graduating from Morgan State University and began working in the Newark Public School system. He later went on to work for the Courts as an Administrator and his tenure included working with the City of Newark’s Honorable Councilman, George Branch; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Moore continued to work with several schools sharing his gift of fashion and designing. Vernest C. Moore produced fashion shows, highlighting designers and models from various wards throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, during his long and distinguished career, as a designer and producer of fashion, Vernest C. Moore was a dedicated and skilled craftsperson with a “can-do” attitude, Mr. Moore’s service to the Newark community, is a testament to the countless number of lives that was touched with his unbounded generosity, compassion, kindness and style; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council does hereby authorize the honorary and ceremonial renaming of the intersection of Fabyan Place and Keer Avenue as ‘Vernest Moore Way”.
2. The official name of the said streets shall remain Fabyan Place and Keer Avenue in its entirety.
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes the naming of the intersection of Fabyan Place and Keer Avenue as “Vernest Moore Way”, for honorary and ceremonial purposes.