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To celebrate Ro's Kitchen and their community impact
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WHEREAS, Ro's Kitchen has been serving the Columbus community since 2024; and
WHEREAS, named in honor of Roshelle Pate and located at the ECDI Food Fort, Ro’s Kitchen transforms food donated by the greater Columbus community into meals to be served through out the region; and
WHEREAS, the new partnership between Local Matters, Columbus Food Rescue and IMPACT Community Action to create a permanent home for Ro's Kitchen will allow for more residents in Columbus to have access to health, fresh, and tasty meals; and
WHEREAS, in Ro's Kitchen short time, Ro's transformed over 2,620 pounds of food and created over 2,180 meals at 15 different locations for our most needy residents; and
WHEREAS, programs like Ro's Kitchen provides a vital role in the Columbus Food Rescue ecosystem and as assisted in saving over 1.1 million pounds of food from area landfills; and
WHEREAS, this City Council encourages residents to actively participate in Columbus Food Rescue program and ecosystem; now therefore
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, through its Sustainable Columbus office, is committed to imparting equity and environmental justice through strong climate action and is guided by the Columbus Climate Action Plan which has a community-wide goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 and 45% reduction in emissions by 2030; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service Division of Refuse and Keep Columbus Beautiful has been working to towards the Climate Action Plan goal of 50% reduction in organic waste by 2030 and 90% reduction in organic waste by 2050; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus now has nine different Food Waste drop off locations throughout the city, including two Waste and Reuse Convenience Centers; and
WHEREAS, this City Council encourages residents to actively participate in Columbus Food Rescue program and ecosystem; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: That this Council do...
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