HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 01/05/2010 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING JANUARY 2010 AS POVERTY AWA City of
Fort Collins
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, there has been a 40% increase in poverty in Fort Collins since 2000; and
WHEREAS, 1 in 10 people in Larimer County lived below the federal poverty line in 2008;
and
WHEREAS, the unemployment rate in Larimer County has grown to 6%, and the County
has lost 5,700 jobs since January, creating an even greater need in our community; and
WHEREAS,Colorado has the fastest growing rate of childhood poverty in the United States;
and
WHEREAS, poverty will cost Colorado's economy 6.8 billion dollars a year; and
WHEREAS,this increase in poverty has prompted a response in the form of Pathways Past
Poverty, an innovative and comprehensive approach to addressing the systemic causes of poverty;
and
WHEREAS, an average of 70 volunteers per month have contributed 1,345 hours to the
Pathways Past Poverty effort in the past year.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Doug Hutchinson, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim the month of January 2010 as
POVERTY AWARENESS MONTH
and call on all citizens to see that we are an engaged community, cooperating to ensure that every
individual has,their basic needs met has choice now and has opportunities to thrive, grow and live
with dignity.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 5th day of January, A.D. 2010.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk