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WHEREAS, the Northside Leadership Conference is a coalition of 14 North Side neighborhoods and other community stakeholders. The Northside Leadership Conference serves the entire North Side community covering 20% of the city, which is the largest service area of any community development corporation in the City; and
WHEREAS, the Northside Leadership Conference serves North Side neighborhoods through seven major business lines including real estate development, business development, workforce development, public realm improvements, public safety initiatives, health and wellness programs, communications and advocacy; and
WHEREAS, the theme for the 2008 Awards Dinner is "25 years of making magic happen on the Northside"; and
WHEREAS, on May 22, 2003, members, partners and supporters of the Northside Leadership Conference will join together for the Twenty-Fifth Northside Leadership Conference Annual Awards Dinner; and
WHEREAS, the 2008 NSLC recipients include Neighborhood Awardees comprised of residents and community leaders who have accomplished economic and residential development, neighborhood planning and many volunteer hours of service to each of their communities; the Scholarship Awardees comprised of twelfth-grade students who have performed volunteer service and plan to attend college or trade school; and the Good Neighbor Service Provider Award honors an agency working collaboratively within the community.
Awardees are:
Neighborhood Awardees:
Cathy Fackovec - Allegheny General Hospital; Michael Shealey - Allegheny West Civic Council; Tom Kaylor - Brighton Heights Citizens Federation; Doris Schwartz - Brightwood Civic Group; Audrey Wood - Central Northside Neighborhood Council; El Gray - One Vision One Life - Charles Street Area Council; Chuck Klinger - Community Alliance of Spring Garden / East Deutschtown; Nikki Heckman - East Allegheny Community Council; Janet Mundy - Fineview Citizens Council; Tom & Maureen Uhler - Observatory Hill Incorporated; Reverend Melville Martin - Perry Hilltop Citizens Council; Joan Russell - Spring Hill Civic League; Georgiann Lucas - Summer Hill Citizens Committee; and Frances Cerra - Troy Hill Citizens, Inc.
Scholarship Awardees:
Julie Brewer - Brighton Heights/Vincentian Academy; Jaclyn Brewer - Brighton Heights/Vincentian Academy; Amanda Karpa - Summer Hill/Pittsburgh City Charter School; Stephanie Byars - Brightwood/Perry Traditional Academy; Shannon Schmidt - Summer Hill/Pittsburgh CAPA High School; Peter Layland - Brighton Heights/Perry Traditional Academy; Julie Consentino - Perry South/Perry Traditional Academy; Gretchen Braun - Brighton Heights/Perry Traditional Academy; and Margaret Deptola - Central Northside/Schenley High School;
Good Neighbor Service Provider Awardee: Mercy Behavioral Health (accepting this award will be Jane Miller, Director of Communications at Mercy Behavioral Health);
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby acknowledges the many contributions of the 2008 awardees and extends gratitude to each individual and organization for making the North Side a great place to live, work and play; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council acknowledges the efforts that the NSLC has achieved through collaboration with community and corporate organizations and hereby declares Thursday, May 22, 2008, as Northside Leadership Conference and Awardees Day in the City of Pittsburgh.