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This resolution commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Johnson Park Center in Utica, New York, which will be celebrated on November 14, 2025. The resolution acknowledges the Center's founding in 1994 by Reverend Dr. Maria A. Scates with the vision of transforming an inner-city community through faith, compassion, and service, and highlights its growth over three decades under the leadership of Reverend Dr. Scates and Reverend Ursula Meier. It details the Center's extensive services, including a women's shelter, supportive housing for women and children, a food pantry, a youth program for early education, and a recent housing and community development initiative called Johnson Park Green Living, LLC, which includes residential units for various needs and a Community Center offering educational and social programs. The resolution expresses pride in the Johnson Park Center's profound impact on countless lives and its enduring legacy of hope and service in Utica and New York State, and resolves to transmit a copy of this commemoration to Reverend Dr. Maria A. Scates.

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/K858