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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Lancaster residents are excited about the new |
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Lancaster Visitors Center that will be housed in the city's |
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historic Interurban Building in downtown Lancaster once |
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renovations of the building are completed; and |
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WHEREAS, Built in 1911, the Interurban Building was home to |
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the Texas Interurban Railway that ran from Waxahachie through Red |
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Oak, Lancaster, and Dallas to Sherman-Denison until the 1950s; it |
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was also the region's first electric-powered building and where |
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area residents' electricity bills were paid for more than 50 years; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The Interurban Building renovation project received |
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a federal grant for 1999-2000 through the Statewide Transportation |
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Enhancement Program administered by the Texas Department of |
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Transportation because of the historic project's impact for Texas |
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roadways, as the project is located on State Highway 342 across the |
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street from Heritage Park and Gazebo; and |
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WHEREAS, Designating the new Lancaster Visitors Center as an |
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auxiliary Texas museum would help transform the Interurban Building |
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into a premier attraction for the area; and |
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WHEREAS, The Lancaster Visitors Center will truly be a unique |
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resource for both residents and visitors of Texas alike and is |
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indeed deserving of this designation; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby designate the Lancaster Visitors Center as an auxiliary |
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Texas museum. |