Maple Ridge city council is weighing whether a new Silver Valley subdivision should permanently carry the name of one of the community’s most painful losses.
A developer has proposed naming three streets after Jordan McIldoon, the Maple Ridge resident who was killed in the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting in Las Vegas. The plan would turn the McIldoon family farm into roughly 104 homes and add Jordan Way, Seymour Avenue, and McIldoon Place to the local street grid.
According to Maple Ridge News, developer Morningstar Homes brought the naming proposal to council at last Tuesday's meeting. City staff identified the street names as a formal local commemoration tied to Jordan Seymour McIldoon’s life. It noted the roads would run off Silver Valley Road within the planned 104-home project.
Family legacy and local memorials
The McIldoon family has already turned part of its grief into a gift for neighbours in Silver Valley. They helped fund the Jordan McIldoon Legacy Bike Skills Park at Blaney Hamlet, where kids and adults alike ride in his memory.
The City of Maple Ridge lists the Silver Valley Gathering Place and the bike skills park at City of Maple Ridge, highlighting the pump track and bike skills features as public amenities that anchor the area.
Backstory of the Route 91 attack
McIldoon was among the concertgoers hit when a gunman opened fire from the Mandalay Bay hotel during the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival, an attack that killed dozens and injured hundreds, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. His death reverberated back home in Maple Ridge, where residents, friends, and officials publicly mourned the loss of a young man whose roots ran deep in the community.
Next steps for the bylaw
City staff have recommended that council give the street-name bylaw three readings at an upcoming meeting, which would formally approve the new street signs if councillors vote in favor.
“It’s an honour to be able to do the small things that mean big things to your family, and to the community,” Mayor Dan Ruimy told council, according to Maple Ridge News.
If the bylaw passes, Jordan McIldoon’s name will not just live on at a busy bike park; it will be quietly built into the everyday directions and addresses of a neighbourhood that began as his childhood home.
