Proc - Parks & Recreation Month 2021
PROCLAMATION
PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH
WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this country, including North Augusta, South Carolina;
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 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 City of North Augusta recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation
resources.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the Mayor and City Council of the City of North Augusta, South Carolina that July 2021 is recognized as Park and Recreation Month in the
city of North Augusta.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of North Augusta, South Carolina, to be affixed this 19th day of July, 2021.
B
riton S. Williams, Mayor
City of North Augusta