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To recognize the PNC Foundation for its support of the arts in Central Ohio through the PNC Arts Alive program.
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WHEREAS, the PNC Foundation, which receives its funding from the PNC Financial Services Group, believes that engagement in the arts enriches lives and builds stronger, more vibrant communities; and
WHEREAS, the foundation has committed its support to the visual and performing arts in Central Ohio with PNC Arts Alive, a three-year, $1.5-million program that challenges arts organizations to put forth their best, most original thinking in expanding audience participation and engagement; and
WHEREAS, the PNC Foundation works with Community Arts Partners like the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts, the Columbus Cultural Leadership Consortium, the Columbus Foundation, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and the Ohio Arts Council to ensure that information about PNC Arts Alive is distributed to a broad audience of organizations who might benefit from its support; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, PNC Arts Alive contributed $500,000 to arts organizations large and small, based in Columbus and throughout the region, whose work encompasses a wide range of arts disciplines, from music to dance to theater to the visual arts; and
WHEREAS, on July 26, 2011, the PNC Foundation will announce the 2011 PNC Arts Alive grant recipients and mark its second year of invaluable contribution to the vibrancy and sustainability of the arts in Central Ohio; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That we hereby recognize the PNC Foundation for its support of the arts in Central Ohio through the PNC Arts Alive program.