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To honor and celebrate Parms & Associates on their 30th Anniversary of providing accounting services throughout Central Ohio.
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WHEREAS, Mr. John Parms entrepreneurial passion developed as a young man as he observed his family's cleaning business in Akron, Ohio; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Parms attended the University of Akron where he obtained his bachelor's degree in Business Administration in Accounting and later went on to receive his CPA in 1979; and
WHEREAS, upon graduation Mr. Parms started out at a small accounting firm in Cleveland where he gained insight and skills to start his own business; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Parms and his wife then moved to Columbus because it was an excellent place to open his business in 1983 with the goal of providing accounting and business advisory services throughout Central Ohio; and
WHEREAS, in the following years Mr. Parms was able to hire his partners Mr. Tim Grant and Mr. Ted Johnson to expand the quality and reach of their services; and
WHEREAS, Parms & Associates is now a full services company serving government, nonprofit and private firms and approach each client with a genuine interest in their business; and
WHEREAS, over the past thirty years Parms and Associates has become a trusted company for their community partnership recognized by the United Way with the Award for Excellence and also recognized by the Small Business Administration as the Columbus District Minority Business Advocate; and
WHEREAS, in an ever changing economy and business climate Parms & Associates has been able to remain of value to the Central Ohio community by adapting successfully to meet the needs of their clients; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
That this Council does hereby honor and celebrate, Parms & Associates for 30 years of doing business in the City of Columbus.