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PROCLAMATION
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• Historic preservation is an effective tool for managing growth, revitalizing
neighborhoods, fostering local pride and maintaining community character
while enhancing livability. yr
• 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.
6 ;1 • These fine examples of Nineteenth and Twentieth century buildings contribute y
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 ~
backgrounds.
`b ° • 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 o
the heritage that has shaped us as a people.
I • National Historic Preservation Month is in May. Ashland has selected May 13
y - 19, as Historic Preservation Week. Ashland's celebrations are co-sponsored
T~ by the City of Ashland's Historic Commission and the National Trust for
Historic Preservation., T
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of
Ashland, do proclaim May, 2018 as
"National Historic Preservation Month"
and call upon the people of the City of Ashland to join their fellow citizens across r.
the United States in recognizing and participating in this special observance.
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Dated this day of° 52018 °
Jcphn tromberg Mayor C ; y
Melissa Huhtala, City Recorder ~
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