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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, May 4, 2017:
Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. (4th District) led a presentation recognizing and honoring Gina Snyder on 14 years as Executive Director of East Falls Development Corporation.
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A
B
A
city
of
neighborhoods,
it's
often
been
said,
I'd
like
to
say
in
my
district.
It
is
a
city
of
small
towns
with
various
Main
streets
that
reflect
the
neighborhoods
in
which
they
reside.
I
was
told
by
this
young
lady
when
I
first
got
elected,
then
I
asked
her
how
to
become
a
part
of
the
community,
and
she
explained
to
me
well
to
be
a
father.
It
takes
20
years
of
involvement,
so
I
want
to
inform
you
today
that
I'm
halfway
there
and
then
maybe
in
another
10
years,
I
will
truly
be
a
father.
B
This
Geno
Schneider
has
been
a
dogged
advocate
for
both
businesses
and
the
community.
Businesses
like
in
Riva
the
trolley
car
cafe,
LeBeouf
forestry,
cooking
company
all
have
come
and
discovered
East
Falls
because
of
her
continued
advocacy
managing
issues
such
as
the
bike
race,
a
neighborhood
border
disputes.
She
has
been
an
ambassador
on
behalf
of
the
community
and
businesses
and
I'm
thankful
to
have
a
partner
or
had
a
partner
and
continue
to
have
a
partner
who
has
been
fighting
for
that,
whether
it's
capital
projects
get
money
out
of
us
for
that.
C
Whereas
EF
DC
started
as
a
wholly
volunteer
organization,
with
almost
no
budget
determined
to
uplift,
the
organization
Jena
developed
multiple
funding
streams
that
have
put
the
corporation
on
sound
financial
footing
with
a
budget
that
has
grown
to
over
$200,000
per
year.
Jena
I,
don't
know
why
you're
going
to
France.
We
need
your
here.
D
D
Now
the
trolley
car
cafe
Jena
also
helped
to
establish
the
gateway
to
East
Falls,
a
pedestrian
island
with
signatures
to
signage,
to
calm
traffic
and
welcome
people
to
the
neighborhood,
as
well
as
a
dance
on
the
Falls
Bridge,
a
major
event
that
has
grown
into
a
regional
attraction
and
whereas
Jena
was
also
instrumental
in
adding
a
parking
lot
and
on
street
parking
along
Ridge
Avenue
and
the
salt
streetscape
improvements
with
new
pedestrian
scale
street
lights.
She
also
brought
in
farm
to
city
and
started
the
East
Falls
farmers
market
and.
E
She
also
started
led
the
Northwest
commercial
corridors
coalition,
a
working
group
of
organizations
in
Chestnut,
Hill,
Mount,
Airy,
Germantown,
West,
Oak,
Lane,
Roxboro,
Manayunk
and
East
Falls,
and
whereas
in
March
of
2017
Jena
announced
that
she
was
leaving
her
position
as
executive
director
of
AFDC
Gina's
leadership
has
been
invaluable
in
building
a
FTC's
capacity
to
secure
funding
and
implement
projects.
She
has
raised
the
FTC's
profile
with
local
and
state
agencies
and
leaves
the
organization
with
several
well
advanced
projects
underway
and.
B
Wine
cheese
and
truffles
in
a
bad
way
to
spend
a
year,
whereas
Jena
will
spend
the
next
year
traveling
with
her
husband
and
two
children
to
the
South
of
France
for
a
year
now,
therefore
bid
we
saw
by
the
Council
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
that
it
hereby
recognized
and
honored
Jena
Schneider
on
14
years
as
executive
director
of
the
East
Falls
Development
Corporation
further
resolved
that,
in
a
gross
copy
of
this
resolution,
be
presented
to
Jena
Schneider.
As
evidence
of
our
sincere
admiration
of
this
entire
legislative
body,.
F
F
Just
I
really
want
to
thank
councilman
Jones,
the
other
support
of
the
city
councilman's.
We
started
with
Councilman
Michael
Nutter,
who
then
became
the
mayor
and
I
particularly
wanted
to
thank
a
council
of
former
councilman
Wilson
good
jr.,
who
started
the
business
privileged
tax
credit
program
and
I
really
want
to
honor
him
on
that
program
and
the
support
from
councilman
Jones
and
the
other
council.
People
has
allowed
the
East
Hills
Development
Corporation,
to
leverage
millions
of
dollars
in
resources
and
to
become
another
regional
asset
to
Philadelphia
so
I.