PRINTER'S NO. 1902
No. 212 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, KUKOVICH, MADIGAN, CORMAN, WENGER,
O'PAKE, WAGNER, THOMPSON, HELFRICK, LOGAN, TARTAGLIONE,
ROBBINS, BRIGHTBILL, DENT, MURPHY, TOMLINSON, WAUGH, LEMMOND,
WOZNIAK, SCHWARTZ, COSTA, EARLL, KITCHEN, BELL, MOWERY,
STOUT, SCARNATI, BOSCOLA, MUSTO AND RHOADES, APRIL 15, 2002
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 15, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating May 7, 2002, as "Stand Up for Rural Pennsylvania
2 Day."
3 WHEREAS, One-fifth of America's population lives in rural
4 areas; and
5 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is home to one of the largest rural
6 populations in the nation; and
7 WHEREAS, The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC),
8 the nation's leading nonprofit community development
9 organization, through its RURAL LISC component, is coordinating
10 a national "Stand Up for Rural America" coalition to help rural
11 community developers gain resources and policy support; and
12 WHEREAS, RURAL LISC, through financial support from the PEW
13 Charitable Trusts, has committed $18.5 million in funding to
14 eight community development corporations to develop better
15 housing, job facilities and communities in rural Pennsylvania
16 over the next five years; and
1 WHEREAS, The Center for Rural Pennsylvania, a legislative
2 service agency of the General Assembly, is serving on the LISC
3 Rural Pennsylvania Initiative Steering Committee to assist in
4 the development and implementation of this project; and
5 WHEREAS, Nationwide, May 7, 2002, has been chosen as the day
6 to celebrate rural America and the accomplishments of the rural
7 coalition; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the Senate shall hereby designate May 7, 2002,
9 as "Stand Up for Rural Pennsylvania Day."
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