Fredericksburg Mayor Announces Run For Third Term

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Mary Katherine Greenlaw recently announced plans to seek a third term as Fredericksburg mayor. Greenlaw made the announcement during an appearance on the Town Talk radio show.

Greenlaw currently is serving her second four-year term as mayor after defeating Richard Dynes in 2016, according to the Free Lance-Star. The next mayoral election is May 5, 2020.

A Fredericksburg native, Greenlaw has been active in numerous city and regional civic activities throughout the years. She served on the Fredericksburg Planning Commission for eight years and the city council for four years prior to being elected mayor in 2012.

Greenlaw currently serves on the board of the Mary Washington Hospital Foundation and represents the city on the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance. In addition to owning the Houston School of Dance and teaching in Fredericksburg and Prince William County Schools, she and her late husband Wilson Greenlaw, owned and operated Park Farm and Greenlaw's Beef in Stafford County.

She is retired from commercial real estate where she worked as a landlord representative and an investment sales broker.