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PROCLAMATION
_ e 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 C
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 urbatr~-
and rural, and for Americans of all ages, all walks of life and all ethnic
backgrounds.
It is important to celebrate the role of history in our lives and the contributions
made by dedicated individuals in helping to preserve the tangible aspects of the
heritage that has shaped us as a people.'
• National Historic Preservation Month is in May. Ashland has selected May 15 -
~21, as Historic. Preservation Week. Ashland's celebrations are co-sponsored by
the City of Ashland's Historic Commission and the National Trust for Historic j
Preservation.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of
j Ashland, do proclaim May, 2016 as
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and call upon the people of the City of Ashland to join their fellow citizens across
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Dated this 3rd day of May, 2016
Joh Stro berg, Mayor ,
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Barbara Christensen, City Recorder r V.
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