Bill Text: PA HR353 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in the City of Pittsburgh.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-23)

Status: (Passed) 2009-06-16 - Adopted [HR353 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR353-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2149
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 353 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, D. COSTA, DEASY, DERMODY, GERGELY, KORTZ, KOTIK, PRESTON, READSHAW, M. SMITH, WAGNER, WALKO, WHEATLEY, MARKOSEK, WHITE, VULAKOVICH, BROOKS, BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY, KIRKLAND, KULA, MANN, BEYER, MARSHALL, MILLARD, MOUL, MURPHY, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PARKER, PHILLIPS, PYLE, QUINN, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SONNEY, STABACK, SWANGER, VEREB, BISHOP, BRENNAN AND P. COSTA, JUNE 15, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JUNE 15, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Three Rivers Arts Festival
in the City of Pittsburgh.
WHEREAS, The Three Rivers Arts Festival was founded by the
Carnegie Museum of Art as a way to celebrate and promote the
local cultural community; and
WHEREAS, In 2008, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust assumed the
responsibility of presenting the Three Rivers Arts Festival; and
WHEREAS, The Three Rivers Arts Festival has grown into a $1.1
million annual event that each year generates a $19 million
economic benefit for the region; and
WHEREAS, More than 600,000 men, women and children attend the
Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh each June; and
WHEREAS, Eighty-five percent of the Three Rivers Arts
Festival's total audience made a special trip to downtown
Pittsburgh just to attend the festival; and
WHEREAS, The Three Rivers Arts Festival presents free
concerts, an artists' market, public art projects and
collaborative projects with many local agencies; and
WHEREAS, The Three Rivers Arts Festival is the largest
presenter of free arts programming in southwestern Pennsylvania;
and
WHEREAS, More than 1,000 individual artists participate in
the festival with an estimated 20% of the total living in the
Pittsburgh region; and
WHEREAS, The Three Rivers Arts Festival is a major
contributor to the Commonwealth tourism industry with visitors
booking more than 6,000 hotel rooms each year during the
festival; and
WHEREAS, The Three Rivers Arts Festival is the gateway to the
arts for millions of people in Pittsburgh and southwestern
Pennsylvania, as well as more than 90,000 individuals who travel
to visit the Three Rivers Arts Festival from outside the region;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the 50th
anniversary of the Three Rivers Arts Festival; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 803 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh,
PA 15222.
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