City celebrated at annual Butler Downtown event
The actor and rapper Ice-T gave a special shout out to the city of Butler on Wednesday evening, acknowledging it as the birthplace of the modern Jeep design.
Ice-T also encouraged the leaders of Butler Downtown to continue doing what they do, and even said he knew the area is cool.
“This is a hip town,” Ice-T said in a Cameo video to Butler Downtown. “You know why I know Butler is a hip town? Because you’ve got Ice-T shouting you all out.”
The annual Butler Downtown Celebration took place Wednesday in Butler’s Grand Ballroom downtown, and local residents, business owners and community leaders joined in the night of networking and community updates.
Jeff Geibel, president of Butler Downtown, said the celebration is a good opportunity each year to recognize not only the people working within the nonprofit organization to improve the quality of life in the city, but everyone locally who is doing their part.
“It’s just a bunch of good-hearted folks who live in this town,” Geibel said. “Instead of saying what somebody else should do, they are rolling up their sleeves and doing it themselves. My mission as president was try to get people excited and try to get folks involved.”
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