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PROCLAMATION
No. 2018 - 03
PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH PROCLAMATION – JULY 2018
WHEREAS: Parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this country, including the city of Rexburg and Madison County; 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 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: 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 National Parks and Recreation Association has designated July as Parks and Recreation Month; and
WHEREAS: The city of Rexburg recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation resources.
NOW, THEREFORE I, Jerry Merrill, Mayor of the City of Rexburg, do hereby proclaim July 2018 as
Parks and Recreation Month
in the City of Rexburg, and I urge all citizens to celebrate by participating in their choice of recreational activities to improve their health and find refreshment and renewal in their
lives.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the City of Rexburg to be affixed this 6th day of June of the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen.
APPROVED:
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SEAL Jerry Merrill
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Deborah Lovejoy
REXBURG CITY CLERK