IN RECOGNITION OF
THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARTS COUNCIL OF FAYETTEVILLE
2024
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, today marks the 50th anniversary of the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County; and
WHEREAS, the Arts Council was founded in 1973 to serve as a link between artists, arts, cultural organizations, and the community; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Arts Council is to connect communities, embrace diversity, promote individual creativity, advance economic development, and foster lifelong learning through the arts; and
WHEREAS, the Council is the primary steward of public and private funding for arts and cultural and historical activities in the Cape Fear Region; the Arts Council and the agencies it supports are known for the core values of excellence, accountability, transparency, collaboration, and innovation; and
WHEREAS, the Arts Council takes pride in its commitment to supporting the arts community by offering various grant programs, festivals, concerts, arts exhibitions, and educational opportunities;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 16, 2024, as a day “IN RECOGNITION OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARTS COUNCIL OF FAYETTEVILLE” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
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Roy Cooper
Governor
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.
