HomeMy WebLinkAboutParks and Recreation MonthDesignation of July 2013 as Park and Recreation Month
WHEREAS parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this
country, including the Town of Fountain Hills; and
WHEREAS our parks and recreation are vitally important to establishing and maintaining the
quality of life in our communities, ensuring the health of all citizens, and contributing to the
economic and environmental well -being of a community and region; and
WHEREAS parks and recreation programs build healthy, active communities that aid in the
prevention of chronic disease, provide therapeutic recreation services for those who are mentally or
physically disabled, and also improve the mental and emotional health of all citizens; and
WHEREAS parks and recreation programs increase a community's economic prosperity through
increased property values, expansion of the local tax base, increased tourism, the attraction and
retention of businesses, and crime reduction; and
WHEREAS parks and recreation areas are fundamental to the environmental well-being of our
community; and
WHEREAS parks and natural recreation areas improve water quality, protect groundwater,
prevent flooding, improve the quality of the air we breathe, provide vegetative buffers to
development, and produce habitat for wildlife; and
WHEREAS our parks and natural recreation areas ensure the ecological beauty of our community
and provide a place for children and adults to connect with nature and recreate outdoors; and
WHEREAS the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as Parks and Recreation Month;
and
WHEREAS the Town of Fountain Hills recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation
resources
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY I, Linda Kavanagh, Mayor of the Town of Fountain
Hills, Arizona, that July 2013 is recognized as Park and Recreation Month in the Town of Fountain
Hills.
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