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To recognize the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals and their 2nd Annual Black Restaurant Week
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WHEREAS, The Columbus Urban League Young Professionals (CULYP) is an organization devoted to helping urban young professionals in the Columbus area and providing an outlet to allow them to serve the local community; and
WHEREAS, A section of their movement is to create change in the community they want to see; and
WHEREAS, As young professionals, they believe that through buying power, they can restructure the business landscape of an community, which can lead to the change they wish to achieve; and
WHEREAS, Staying true to their movement CULYP created Black Restaurant Week and made it an annual event; and
WHEREAS, Black Restaurant Week has now given a platform for locally-owned, minority-ran businesses a chance to present their food to a larger base and to celebrate establishments that are created in the community that serve the community; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this council hereby recognize the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals, and congratulates the organization on their second annual Black Restaurant Week.