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To recognize and honor the first idUS initiative and events taking place from September 28 through October 8, 2012.
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WHEREAS, idUS will take place this year from September 28 through October 8; and
WHEREAS, idUS is a celebration, collaboration and incubation of ideas, innovation and design in the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, idUS is a celebration and festival of ideas born out of 200Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is rapidly becoming the Midwest's "Center for Free Thinking", and idUS helps celebrate and spotlight this attribute; and
WHEREAS, the idUS activities begin with the Mindship Launch on September 28 at the Columbus College of Art & Design and end with the Creative Engines event at the Wexner Center for the Arts on October 8; and
WHEREAS, idUS will consist of eleven days of shows, conferences and events to unleash the innovative spirit in all of us and to find better ways to turn that spirit into real productivity; and
WHEREAS, many Columbus businesses and organizations have financially helped idUS come together. The original sponsors of this innovation and thought celebration are Battelle, Honda, Cardinal Health and Ohio Health, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council recognizes and honors the first idUS initiative and events taking place from September 28 to October 8, 2012