Subject: 20773/WorldWelcomeTask/OlympicGames
Date: Thu, 4 May 1989 09:49:48 -0500


                               RESOLUTION NO. 20773
                 
                 
                  A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE WORLD
                  WELCOME TASK FORCE.
                 
                 
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       	    	 WHEREAS, the 1996 Summer Olympics Games will be hosted
       by the City of Atlanta, one hundred and twenty miles to the south 

       of Chattanooga and Hamilton County; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, said Olympics Games are projected to attract
       more attention and draw more spectators - domestic and
       international - than any like event in history; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the Olympic white water events will be
       conducted on the Ocoee River, less than an hour away from
       Chattanooga and Hamilton County; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, Chattanooga has already established a
       reputation for "southern hospitality" and outstanding leisure
       travel attractions and amenities that can only be enhanced by the 

       activities surrounding the Olympic Games; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, a cross section of the community's public and
       private groups known as the World Welcome Task Force has worked
       together to create a program outlining the steps this community
       should take to better prepare ourselves for the arrival of
       international and domestic travelers in the Summer of 1996;
                                NOW, THEREFORE,
       	    	 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That we endorse and support the efforts 
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       the community's World Welcome Task Force to make Chattanooga an
       appealing and accommodating destination for international
       travelers before, during and after the 1996 Summer Olympic Games
       in Atlanta.
      
       ADOPTED:	 November 7, 1995
      
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