A JOINT RESOLUTION honoring the memory of richard clinton for whom the city of clinton is named and recognizing the city on being named a 2007 all‑america city.

Whereas, the City of Clinton was founded in the 1780s when a courthouse was established there on land owned by Richard Clinton for whom the City was later named; and
Whereas, Clinton is the largest incorporated town in Sampson County and serves as the county seat; and
Whereas, Clinton was recently honored by the National Civic League as one of the 10 municipalities nationwide to receive its All‑America City Award, a national community recognition program in its 58th year; and
Whereas, to merit the All‑America City Award, Clinton had to show successful resolution of community issues through collaborative effort; and
Whereas, Clinton received recognition for three projects: the March to a Million Project, a communitywide effort to raise $1.4 million for the new public high school; the Fitness Renaissance Project, which includes the creation of an innovative program to fight obesity among children and the establishment of a community exercise facility to improve the health of the City's citizens; and the Community Technology Learning Center, an educational center that offers after school programs to youth and provides adults with greater access to technology; and
Whereas, Clinton's extraordinary achievements in becoming an All‑America City deserves recognition by the General Assembly; Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

SECTION 1.  The General Assembly honors the memory of Richard Clinton for his contributions to the State of North Carolina.
SECTION 2.  The General Assembly honors the City of Clinton and its citizens for receiving the National Civic League's All‑America City Award and wishes to extend its congratulations to the City of Clinton and its citizens for bringing national recognition to the State of North Carolina.
SECTION 3.  The Secretary of State shall transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Mayor of the City of Clinton.
SECTION 4.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of July, 2007.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives