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PROCLAMATION <br />JULY 2018 Park and Recreation Month <br />WHEREAS, parks and recreation and senior center programs are an <br />integral part of communities throughout this country, including Cabarrus <br />County; and <br />WHEREAS, our parks, recreation, and senior centers are vitally important to establishing and <br />maintaining the quality of life in our communities, ensuring the health of all <br />citizens, and contributing to the economic and environmental well-being of a <br />community and region; and <br />WHEREAS, parks, recreation and senior center programs build healthy, active communities <br />that aid in the prevention of chronic disease, provide therapeutic recreation <br />services for those who are mentally or physically disabled, and also improve the <br />mental and emotional health of all citizens; and <br />WHEREAS, parks, recreation and senior center programs increase a community's economic <br />prosperity through increased property values, expansion of the local tax base, <br />increased tourism, the attraction and retention of businesses, and crime reduction; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, parks, recreation and senior center areas are fundamental to the environmental <br />well-being of our community; and <br />WHEREAS, parks and natural recreation areas improve water quality, protect groundwater, <br />prevent flooding, improve the quality of the air we breathe, provide vegetative <br />buffers to development, and produce habitat for wildlife; and <br />WHEREAS, our parks and natural recreation areas ensure the ecological beauty of our <br />community and provide a place for children and adults to connect with nature and <br />recreate outdoors; and <br />WHEREAS, the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as Parks and Recreation <br />Month; and <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County recognizes the benefits derived from parks, recreation resources <br />and senior centers. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners do <br />hereby proclaim July 2018 as Park and Recreation Month. <br />Adopted this 18" day of June, 2018. <br />Stephen M. Morris, Chairman <br />Board of Commissioners <br />AWachmenl number 2 \n <br />C-1 Page 36 <br />