City of Philadelphia - File #: 120018

• File #: 120018
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 1/26/2012
• In control: Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
• Final action: 3/15/2012
• Title: Naming and designating the "Robin Hood Dell East" located at Ridge Avenue and Huntingdon Drive as the "Georgie Woods Entertainment Center."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Johnson, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Blackwell

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/28/2012	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/15/2012	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	16:0
3/8/2012	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
3/8/2012	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
3/8/2012	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
3/5/2012	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/5/2012	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	HEARING HELD
3/5/2012	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	AMENDED
3/5/2012	1	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
1/26/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title

Naming and designating the “Robin Hood Dell East” located at Ridge Avenue and Huntingdon Drive as the “Georgie Woods Entertainment Center.”

Body

WHEREAS, Georgie Woods was an outstanding community and civil rights leader; and

WHEREAS, His commitment and contribution to the City of Philadelphia is indelibly etched in the hearts and minds of residents throughout this great City; and

WHEREAS, Georgie Woods came to the City of Philadelphia from New York in 1953 to work as a disc jockey, bringing in to the City emerging talents of the era; and

WHEREAS, His encouragement to those who were marginalized is laudable; and

WHEREAS, The residents of the community wish to honor the Memory of Georgie Woods with a fitting tribute; now, therefore

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1.  The “Robin Hood Dell East” located at Ridge Avenue and Huntingdon Drive is hereby named and designated as the “Georgie Woods Entertainment Center.”

      A.  The land (the “dell”) upon which the Georgie Woods Entertainment Center sits as well as the land surrounding it, shall continue in perpetuity to be known as “The Robin Hood Dell.”

SECTION 2.  This Ordinance shall take effect on June 18, 2015, representing the tenth (10th) anniversary of Georgie Woods' death.

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