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Naming and designating the "Robin Hood Dell East" located at Ridge Avenue and Huntingdon Drive as the "Georgie Woods Entertainment Center."

AI summary

This enacted ordinance names the Robin Hood Dell East facility at Ridge Avenue and Huntingdon Drive the Georgie Woods Entertainment Center. The surrounding land and the land where the facility sits will continue to be known as the Robin Hood Dell.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
January 26, 2012
Sponsors
Curtis Jones, Jr.Cindy BassKenyatta JohnsonDarrell L. ClarkeMarian B. TascoJannie L. Blackwell
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WHEREAS, Georgie Woods was an outstanding community and civil rights leader; and

WHEREAS, His commitment and contribution to the City of Philadelphia is indelibly etched in the hearts and minds of residents throughout this great City; and

WHEREAS, Georgie Woods came to the City of Philadelphia from New York in 1953 to work as a disc jockey, bringing in to the City emerging talents of the era; and

WHEREAS, His encouragement to those who were marginalized is laudable; and

WHEREAS, The residents of the community wish to honor the Memory of Georgie Woods with a fitting tribute; now, therefore

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. The “Robin Hood Dell East” located at Ridge Avenue and Huntingdon Drive is hereby named and designated as the “Georgie Woods Entertainment Center.”

A. The land (the “dell”) upon which the Georgie Woods Entertainment Center sits as well as the land surrounding it, shall continue in perpetuity to be known as “The Robin Hood Dell.”

SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect on June 18, 2015, representing the tenth (10th) anniversary of Georgie Woods' death.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on next week`s second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

    Pass
  4. Council actionCommittee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs

    Amended

    Council actionCommittee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs

    Hearing notices sent

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass