Members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the Fairfax County Park Authority Board joined Park Authority staff in the rain at Merrifield Park on Saturday, June 20, for a brief ribbon cutting ceremony. Merrifield Park is the Park Authority’s first developed public urban park. The new 0.3-acre park was built to serve as a public gathering space and is located at 8191 Strawberry Lane in Falls Church. Pictured from left to right are: representative to the Fairfax County Park Authority Board (PAB) Ken Quincy (Providence); Planning Commissioner Kenneth Lawrence (Providence); Supervisor Linda Smyth (D-Providence); PAB Chairman Bill Bouie (Hunter Mill District); Emily and Abigail Brunner; and Park Planning Branch Manager Sandy Stallman.