City of Philadelphia - File #: 170341

• File #: 170341
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 4/6/2017
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 4/6/2017
• Title: Recognizing and honoring Gina Snyder on 14 years as Executive Director of East Falls Development Corporation.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Domb, Councilmember Domb

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/6/2017	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
4/6/2017	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
4/6/2017	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
4/6/2017	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Recognizing and honoring Gina Snyder on 14 years as Executive Director of East Falls Development Corporation.

Body
WHEREAS, Gina Snyder, Executive Director of East Falls Development Corporation (EFDC), has served in her position for the last 14 years; and

WHEREAS, EFDC provides community information for East Falls businesses, residents and visitors, including up-to-date information on East Falls business opportunities, real estate, recreational activities, and bars and restaurants; and

WHEREAS, EFDC started as a wholly volunteer organization with almost no budget. Determined to uplift the organization, Gina 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; and

WHEREAS, As Executive Director for EFDC, Gina worked tirelessly to encourage new investment in the business district, and to assist local property owners' efforts to improve their facades; and

WHEREAS, Gina has championed several key projects that are of great significance to members of the East Falls community. She worked with the City's Mural Arts program to create new murals under the twin bridges and secured funds to light the Falls Bridge and renovate the historic Bathey House, now the Trolley Car Café. Gina also helped to establish the "Gateway to East Falls", a pedestrian island with signature signage to calm traffic and welcome people to the neighborhood, as well as the "Dance on the Falls Bridge", a major event that has grown into a regional attraction; and

WHEREAS, Gina was also instrumental in adding a parking lot and on-street parking along Ridge Avenue and installed streetscape improvements with new pedestrian scale street lights. She also brought in Farm to City and started the East Falls Farmers' Market; and

WHEREAS, In addition to her day to day work in the community, Gina also has been involved in citywide economic development efforts, including ten years on the...