Baguio City is celebrating once again its founding day-106th to exact and along with this year's theme "Nurturing the culture of caring and sharing towards competitiveness" the city has prepared activities in line with its celebration. Every September 1st is declared as a local non working holiday in the city to give every residents the chance to celebrate and be one in remembering the founding of our beloved city. So how does Baguio City came to be? A BIT OF BAGUIO HISTORY The arrival of the Americans in the early 1900s spurred development in the City. The American Governor Luke E. Wright commissioned Architect Daniel H. Burnham, a prominent Urban Planner to develop a plan for a health resort where the American soldiers and civilian employees could find respite from the sweltering lowland heat. This plan, better known as the Burnham Plan greatly altered the original mountain settlement and provided the first physical framework plan for the City. It paved the way for rapid physical development, the undertones of which are still visible up this date. The physical framework as embodied in the Burnham Plan integrates a road and park system into one. It envisioned evolving in a compact garden city for 25,000 to 30,000 people. Supporting this development plan was the enactment of a charter approved on September 1, 1909 that provided administrative as well as managerial autonomy for the city. Hence, the start of Baguio charter day celebration. BAGUIO NOW Today, Baguio has flourished to become one of the premiere resort city and tourist spot in the Philippines. It is home now to half a million people of every ethnic groups and race. Gone is the Baguio of olden days where more lands and trees and less people and houses. The city has grown not only as a resort city but also as a commercial hub. As we celebrate Baguio City's charter day, may we not forget that with development comes also the responsibility to care for our nature. We only have one Baguio City. Might as well take care of it. Happy birthday Baguio City! Baguio history courtesy of www.baguio.gov.ph
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