By:  Ogden                                            S.C.R. No. 98

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                            SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 1-1           WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Texas takes pleasure

 1-2     in recognizing the City of Georgetown for its designation as a 1997

 1-3     Great American Main Street City awarded by the National Trust for

 1-4     Historic Preservation's National Main  Street Center and Edward

 1-5     Jones Company; and

 1-6           WHEREAS, This designation is the highest and most prestigious

 1-7     honor that the National Main Street Center gives, and Georgetown is

 1-8     the first and only Texas city to be so recognized; and

 1-9           WHEREAS, Georgetown was selected as a Main Street City in

1-10     1982 by the Texas Historical Commission's Main Street Program

1-11     because of its broad-based community support for the revitalization

1-12     of its historic downtown; and

1-13           WHEREAS, The Main Street program emphasizes economic

1-14     development, organization, quality design, and promotion of the

1-15     downtown; and

1-16           WHEREAS, The National Main Street Center cited Georgetown for

1-17     its dedication and pride in maintaining a vital downtown business

1-18     district despite the demands of rapid growth; and

1-19           WHEREAS, Georgetown has seen $9 million of private sector

1-20     money reinvested into restoring the downtown area resulting in a

1-21     diversified and vital central business district with 100 percent

1-22     occupancy; and

1-23           WHEREAS, The City of Georgetown and Williamson County

 2-1     governments have reinvested $19.5 million into the downtown for

 2-2     adaptive reuse of historic downtown buildings, the construction of

 2-3     new public buildings, and infrastructure improvements; and

 2-4           WHEREAS, The Main Street Award speaks well of the leadership,

 2-5     vision, and volunteer efforts of the citizens and civic leaders of

 2-6     Georgetown; now, therefore, be it

 2-7           RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas

 2-8     hereby congratulate the City of Georgetown on its designation as a

 2-9     1997 Great American Main Street City; and, be it further

2-10           RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for the

2-11     city as an expression of the high esteem and regard of the Texas

2-12     Legislature.