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To honor and recognize Homeport on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary.
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WHEREAS, Homeport's mission is to create and preserve healthy, stable, and affordable communities, one neighborhood and one person at a time; and
WHEREAS, Homeport fulfills its mission by developing quality and energy-efficient homes, providing consistent and transformative education and services, involving and empowering residents, focusing on community revitalization, and creating strong and fruitful collaborations; and
WHEREAS, more than 5,000 Central Ohioans go to sleep each night in a Homeport home, and thousands of others benefit from the organization's supportive services coordination program and numerous community programs and classes - many of which are free and are offered in English and Spanish - on home buying, home ownership, and credit and personal finance; and
WHEREAS, Homeport works with numerous community partners to make sure that their clients' needs are met, including the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, the Franklin County Office on Aging, the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation, Home Depot, the Columbus Board of Realtors, the Legal Aid Society, Capital Law School, Columbus State Community College, Children's Hunger Alliance, Mid-Ohio Food Bank, the Furniture Bank, and other agencies and organizations; and
WHEREAS, Homeport will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary on Wednesday, October 24th, with an event at the Hilton Downtown Columbus; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby honor and recognize Homeport on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary.