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File #: 0108X-2005    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/24/2005 In control: Tyson
On agenda: 6/27/2005 Final action: 6/30/2005
Title: To recognize the "Goodguys Rod & Custom Association's Hot Rod Week" at the Ohio Expo Center, July 8th through 10th, attracting over 75,000 attendees and $12.5 million in visitor spending to Columbus.
Sponsors: Mary Jo Hudson
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To recognize the "Goodguys Rod & Custom Association's Hot Rod Week" at the Ohio Expo Center, July 8th through 10th, attracting over 75,000 attendees and $12.5 million in visitor spending to Columbus.
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WHEREAS, the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association, founded in 1983 by Gary and Marilyn Meadors, has enjoyed a tremendously successful relationship with the City of Columbus since holding the first Goodguys event here in 1998; and
 
WHEREAS, the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association is the largest hot rodding association in the continental United States, encompassing over 65,000 members worldwide; and
 
WHEREAS, Goodguys employees 40 full time staff and holds 24 events annually from coast to coast, sea to shining sea; and
 
WHEREAS, 2005 marks the 8th consecutive year the California based Goodguys Rod & Custom Association will hold their largest and most prestigious event - the 8th PPG Rod & Custom Nationals at the Ohio Expo Center here in Columbus; and
 
WHEREAS, the event attracts over 75,000 attendees, bringing an estimated 12.5 million dollars in city-wide visitor spending during the three-day event into Columbus city limits; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
 
That this Council does hereby recognize the "Goodguys Rod & Custom Association's Hot Rod Week" at the Ohio Expo Center, July 8th through 10th.