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Committee member accepts College Park proclamation, highlights new pantry and community events
Summary
A committee member accepted a proclamation recognizing College Park’s inaugural growth competition and highlighted local initiatives including a pantry launched Jan. 9 that she said provides 350 meals a week to schools, a virtual Q&A, a 'gift back' event and a new business networking program.
A committee member accepted a proclamation recognizing College Park’s "inaugural growth" competition and used the remarks to highlight recent community programs, saying, "I'm so honored to be your mom and accepting this proclamation on behalf of you."
The proclamation — introduced during the meeting as "the proclamation of College Park rates inaugural growth for a successful 2025 competition season" — was presented without a formal vote recorded in the transcript. The speaker linked the recognition to local efforts to support children and families, and described several programs launched or promoted by the city.
The speaker said the city's pantry began operations on Jan. 9 and reported that it is providing 350 meals a week to local schools, emphasizing the pantry as a new source of food assistance tied to broader community outreach. "We only started our pantry January 9," the speaker said; the 350-meals figure was presented as a program metric during the remarks.
She also thanked residents and partners who joined a recent virtual Q&A and encouraged the community to attend a "first gift back" event scheduled for Friday, which she said will include concerts, food and contributions from partners including Amazon and Walmart. The speaker described a recent "business connect" networking event as a milestone aimed at listening to business owners and supporting College Park's economic efforts.
The speaker closed by acknowledging Dean Eleanor Willis, Mario Malcolm and a newly formed civic advisory board that, she said, visited the state capital last week at an event hosted by Representative Kim Soefield. The transcript contains no motion, second or recorded vote related to the proclamation; it was presented and accepted in remarks during the meeting.
No additional formal actions or votes on the proclamation are recorded in the provided transcript; next procedural steps for the proclamation or associated programs were not specified in the remarks.
