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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, John Goff has been awarded the 2023 Golden Deeds |
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Award by the Exchange Club of Fort Worth; and |
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WHEREAS, The top honor conferred by the organization, this |
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accolade recognizes the individual deemed the most outstanding |
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citizen of the year; and |
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WHEREAS, John Goff is the chair and a cofounder of Crescent |
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Real Estate Equities of Fort Worth, one of the premier real estate |
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companies in North Texas; a visionary developer and bold investor, |
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he has been involved in numerous major commercial projects, |
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including the Crescent Fort Worth Hotel and Crescent Offices, set |
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to open later in 2023 in the Cultural District; he also spearheaded |
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the creation of the Klyde Warren Park, an acclaimed urban |
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greenspace built over a depressed freeway in downtown Dallas; and |
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WHEREAS, Crescent Real Estate has sought to make a positive |
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difference in the communities where it operates; it launched a |
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program to adopt schools serving at-risk students, and it created a |
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scholarship program for non-officer members of the company; in |
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2010, the Goff Family Foundation established the B Sharp Youth |
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Music Program, which offers elementary students in the Fort Worth |
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Independent School District intensive after-school music |
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instruction, academic tutoring, and life skills training; and |
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WHEREAS, During the pandemic, then-mayor Betsy Price asked |
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Mr. Goff to assist local businesses as co-chair of the committee |
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that became Fort Worth Now; he made a personal, $100,000 donation to |
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the organization, which facilitated mask distribution, vaccine |
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delivery, and financial assistance, and his example drew other |
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benefactors; the group was also charged with making the city more |
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resilient, which led him to conclude that it needed a Tier 1 |
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research university; working with city and business officials, as |
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well as Texas A&M University Law School dean Bobby Ahdieh and |
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A&M System chancellor John Sharp, Mr. Goff was instrumental in the |
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university's commitment to build the $350 million Texas A&M-Fort |
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Worth campus; appointed chair of the successor to Fort Worth Now, |
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the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Innovation Partnership, he continues |
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to share his time and expertise to promote the city's vibrancy and |
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prosperity; and |
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WHEREAS, John Goff has made contributions of lasting value to |
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Fort Worth through his dedicated civic leadership, and he is indeed |
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deserving of this prestigious accolade; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate John Goff on his receipt of the |
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2023 Golden Deeds Award from the Exchange Club of Fort Worth and |
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extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Goff as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |