City of Columbus - File #: 0186X-2017

• File #: 0186X-2017
• Version: 1
• Type: Ceremonial Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/22/2017
• In control: Stinziano
• On agenda: 7/10/2017
• Final action: 7/12/2017
• Title: To Recognize and Celebrate the Hilltop Business Association and the 81st Annual Hilltop Bean Dinner
• Sponsors: Michael Stinziano, Elizabeth Brown, Mitchell Brown, Shannon G. Hardin, Jaiza Page, Priscilla Tyson, Zach M. Klein

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/12/2017	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/10/2017	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/10/2017	1	Columbus City Council	Adopted	Pass

Title

To Recognize and Celebrate the Hilltop Business Association and the 81^st Annual Hilltop Bean Dinner

Body

WHEREAS, throughout the American Civil War, Westgate Park was known as Camp Chase - a prison camp for Confederate soldiers. Where the beautiful park now exists, the area once held thousands of captured prisoners of war who were sustained by rations of beans twice daily; and

WHEREAS, since its beginning in 1926, the Hilltop Business Association has sponsored yearly community gatherings to thank the Hilltop residents for their business and support; and

WHEREAS, these events evolved into what we now know as the annual Hilltop Bean Dinner in Westgate Park, a perfect gathering place to celebrate the Hilltop community; and

WHEREAS, today the Hilltop Bean Dinner is the largest and oldest community festival held on the Westside of the City of Columbus; and

WHEREAS, the Hilltop Bean Dinner has been a success for 81 years and will continue to be thanks to the continued commitment of the Hilltop Business Association and the neighborhood at large; and

WHEREAS, while the United States was divided in the days of Camp Chase during the Civil War,  the Hilltop Bean Dinner now unites people from all across Central Ohio and the City of Columbus. That tradition will continue this year on June 24^th marking the 81^st Hilltop Bean Dinner; now, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:

That it is with great honor and distinction that this Council does hereby recognize and celebrate the Hilltop Business Association and the 81^st Anniversary of the Hilltop Bean Dinner.