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To honor and celebrate Festival Latino 2004 in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, June 18-19, 2004.
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WHEREAS, Columbus City Council is pleased to recognize the efforts of Festival Latino during the celebration to be held Friday and Saturday, June 18-19, 2004 at Bicentennial and Genoa Parks in Downtown Columbus, Ohio; and,
WHEREAS, Festival Latino is a celebration of Latin American culture, offering a wide variety of authentic music and dance from international, regional and local artists. Festival Latino is the largest Hispanic/Latino event in Ohio; and,
WHEREAS, the festival appeals to people of all ages and backgrounds with traditional and contemporary Latin American cuisine, a marketplace with authentic arts and crafts, children's workshops, educational activities and continuous music and dance on three stages; and,
WHEREAS, Festival Latino offers more than 40 restaurants serving authentic Latin American cuisine from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Guatemala, Spain, El Salvador, Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That we honor and celebrate Festival Latino 2004 in Downtown Columbus, Ohio,
June 18-19, 2004.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that a copy of this Resolution be presented to the leadership of Festival Latino 2004 as a token of our esteem.