Tom Stevens

Life and Orange County connections

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1. 2005 Tom Stevens becomes mayor of Hillsborough Tom Stevens became Hillsborough's mayor in 2005 and held the office for seven terms. Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Chapelboro: Hometown Hero: Tom Stevens
2. December 12, 2007 American Asset Corporation withdraws its plan to redevelop Daniel Boone Village After more than a year of talks with the town, American Asset Corporation withdrew its application to annex and redevelop Daniel Boone Village and the neighboring Collins property, about 200 acres on Churton Street north of I-85, where it had proposed some 1,100 homes and large commercial areas. Mayor Tom Stevens said the company had concluded the town board would not approve annexation and remained interested in commercial development of the Boone property. People: Tom Stevens Place: Daniel Boone Village, Hillsborough · Also mentions: Churton StreetSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, February 5, 2008, p. 9
3. December 4, 2010 Brick memorial holding three recovered gravestones is dedicated at Margaret Lane Cemetery A brick monument designed and built by town employee Sam Dunevant was unveiled at the cemetery entrance, holding three gravestones recovered during earlier restoration, for Daniel Whitted, W. O. Parker and Nancy Wheatting. About fifty people attended, including descendants, and Mayor Tom Stevens spoke. People: Tom Stevens Place: Margaret Lane Cemetery, Hillsborough · Also named: Sam DunevantSearch the index · Documenting the American South, Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina: Margaret Lane Cemetery Memorial, Hillsborough
4. 2015 Hillsborough votes to remove "Confederate Memorial" lettering from the former library The 1934 public library building on North Churton Street, home of the Orange County Historical Museum since 1983, still carried part of its "Confederate Memorial Library 1934" sign. After museum leaders asked in June 2015 to take the words down, saying some Black residents felt unwelcome, the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners voted that year to remove the sign from the pediment. People: Tom Stevens Place: Hillsborough · Also mentions: North Churton StreetHistorical Marker Database: Historic Corner marker, Hillsborough (Public Library panel)
5. February 26, 2019 Hillsborough holds a celebration of Billy Strayhorn A day of events called A Celebration of Billy Strayhorn began at the historical marker on South Churton Street and ran on at the Orange County Main Library and the Burwell School Historic Site. Mayor Tom Stevens, the musician Yahyah Corbett, the choreographer David Rousseve, the Duke professor Thomas DeFrantz and the puppeteer Jeghetto took part. People: Billy Strayhorn, Tom Stevens Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Yahyah Corbett, David Rousseve, Thomas DeFrantz · Also mentions: Orange County Main Library, South Churton StreetSearch the index · North Carolina Arts Council: Hillsborough Celebrates Hometown Musical Great Billy Strayhorn
6. December 9, 2019 Tom Stevens leaves office after fourteen years as Hillsborough's mayor Stevens, who had decided not to run for an eighth term, left office at the town board meeting on December 9, 2019, after fourteen years as mayor. At the meeting he was given a key to the town and a standing ovation. Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Spectrum News: Hillsborough Mayor Waves Goodbye After 14 Years in Office
7. March 2023 Hillsborough tribute remembers John Blackfeather Jeffries The Occaneechi Band, the arts group Spirit Freedom and the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau held a tribute to Jeffries at the Passmore Center in Hillsborough. Speakers included former mayor Tom Stevens and tribal chair Tony Hayes. People: John Blackfeather Jeffries, Tom Stevens Place: Passmore Center, Hillsborough · Also named: Tony HayesSearch the index · Chapelboro: Orange County Community Holds Tribute to Remember John "Blackfeather" Jeffries