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· RESOLUTION NO. 2009 - 194.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
COMMENDING VIRGINIA HOLMES
FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
WHEREAS, Since 1991, Virginia "Gini" Holmes has played an important and integral role
in the promoting the arts through her service as Executive Director of the Shasta County Arts
Council; and
WHEREAS, under her leadership the Shasta County Arts Council provided support of
start-up arts organizations, advocated on behalf of artists and saw the return of the Annual High
School Arts Exhibition; and
WHEREAS, through Gini' s efforts the Shasta County Arts Council worked in collaboration
on artistic endeavors with the Far Northern Regional Center, the Whiskeytown Artist In Residence
program and MarketFest; and
WHEREAS, Gini pursued and won grants to establish programs for arts outreach to the
underserved communities in Shasta County; and
WHEREAS, Gini not only built many art programs for Shasta County but was able to obtain
the funding and staffing (through grants) to continue those programs; and
WHEREAS, with Fine Arts degrees from Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Gini focused her artistic endeavors in the area of Electrographic Printing and is
responsible for several art installations throughout the City of Redding which enhance the enjoyment
of these public spaces.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Redding
does hereby pay tribute to Virginia Holmes, a woman who deserves our thanks for her tireless
dedication, diligence and hard work with the Shasta County Arts Council for the betterment of our
community.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and read at a regular
meeting of the Redding City Council of the City of Redding on the I st day of December, 2009, and
was duly adopted at said meeting by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bosetti, Dickerson, Mc
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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