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PROCLAMATION
• Historic preservation is an effective tool for managing growth, revitalizing
neighborhoods, fostering local pride and maintaining community character
• while enhancing livability.
• The historic houses and buildings of Ashland help make our City unique and
provide links with aspirations and attainment of the City's pioneers and their
descendants.
• These fine examples of Nineteenth and Twentieth century buildings contribute
to an appreciation of our heritage.
• Historic preservation is relevant for communities across the nation, both urban
and rural, and for Americans of all ages, all walks of life and all ethnic
E' backgrounds.
• It is important to celebrate the role of history in our lives and the contributions
o made by dedicated individuals in helping to preserve the tangible aspects of
the heritage that has shaped us as a people.
• "See 11, Save It, Celebrate It" is the theme for National Historic Preservation
Month 2013. Ashland has selected May 19 - 25, as Historic Preservation
Week. Ashland's celebrations are co-sponsored by the City of Ashland's
E' Historic Commission and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of
Ashland, do proclaim May, 2013 as
"National Historic Preservation Month"
and call upon the people of the City of Ashland to join their fellow citizens across
E, the United States in recognizing and participating in this special observance.
Dated this 7th day of May, 2013
Str erg, Mayor
arbara Christensen, City Recorder
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