A RESOLUTION
NO.
WHEREAS, the Columbus Regional Tennis Association (CORTA), formerly known as
the Columbus Tennis Patrons was originally founded in 1952 and helped
contribute money to build the original 12 courts at Cooper Creek Tennis Center;
WHEREAS, together with the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department, CORTA
raised over $250.000 from 1990-1993 and one of the largest public clay court
facilities in the South was opened in 1993;
WHEREAS, CORTA recently raised $1.2 million dollars which was combined with
$600,000 dollars from the City budget to complete the stadium court and
additional ten-court project and CORTA was recognized in 2002 as the USTA
Member Organization of the Year;
WHEREAS, CORTA recently sponsored the Southern Senior Cup Invitational and the
USTA Georgia Senior League Championships;
WHEREAS, CORTA functions as a non-profit organization dedicated to the
promotion, development and support of tennis in our region;
WHEREAS, CORTA promotes the USTA Schools Program, Junior Team Tennis, manages
the adult, junior, senior and mixed leagues and sponsors regional and national
tournaments;
WHEREAS, CORTA could not accomplish its mission without the aid of hundreds of
volunteers;
WHEREAS, the accomplishments of CORTA and its many volunteers are worthy of
special recognition by this Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY RESOLVES:
We hereby commend and congratulate CORTA and its many volunteers for their
outstanding work in the promotion of tennis for the Columbus community and the
region. Columbus is proud of CORTA?s accomplishments and we wish them every
success in the future. Let a copy of this resolution be forwarded to CORTA.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia held on the
8th day of July, 2008, and adopted at said meeting by the affirmative vote of
______ members of Council.
Councilor Allen voting ___________________.
Councilor Anthony voting__________________.
Councilor Baker voting____________________.
Councilor Barnes voting___________________.
Councilor Davis voting____________________.
Councilor Henderson voting________________.
Councilor Hunter voting___________________.
Councilor McDaniel voting_________________.
Councilor Pugh voting_____________________.
Councilor Woodson voting__________________.
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TINY B. WASHINGTON JIM WETHERINGTON
CLERK MAYOR
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