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0 <br />RESOLUTION <br />WHEREAS neighborhoods throughout our nation contribute <br />significantly to local vitality through housing, recreational <br />areas, cultural resources and commercial services and represent <br />an important renewable resource; and <br />WHEREAS a major public investment is represented in streets, <br />sidewalks, parks, schools, libraries and historic public buildings <br />in our neighborhoods; and <br />WHEREAS neighborhood conservation requires the good will, <br />cooperation and active support of residents, neighborhood <br />merchants, business people, city officials, lenders and preser- <br />vationists; and <br />WHEREAS neighborhood conservation is designed to help .. <br />revitalize neighborhoods and increase community pride among <br />residents; and <br />WHEREAS preservation builds awareness among urban dwellers <br />with the concerns of neighborhood history, the city's heritage <br />• and the economic benefits realized by initiating improvements <br />and restoring a community to a thriving condition; and <br />WHEREAS an alliance between neighborhood conservation and <br />historic preservation will help improve the quality of life in <br />America's neighborhoods and historic districts; and <br />WHEREAS "Conservation: Keeping America's Neighborhoods <br />Together" is the theme for Preservation Week, 1981, co-sponsored <br />by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the <br />Historic Landmarks Commission of Charlottesville, Virginia; <br />now, therefore, be it <br />RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, <br />Virginia, that we hereby recognize May 10-16, 1981, as <br />Preservation Week and call upon the people of Charlottesville <br />to recognize and participate in this special observance. <br />Copy teste: <br />Clerk of Council <br />n <br />LJ <br />Adopted by Council <br />May 4, 1981 <br />