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WHEREAS, The family-owned engineering firm Dikita |
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Enterprises of Dallas is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its |
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founding in 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Now one of the largest minority-owned engineering |
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companies in Dallas, Dikita Enterprises was founded in Milwaukee, |
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Wisconsin, in 1979 by Lucious L. Williams, who used his car as |
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collateral to secure a start-up loan; and |
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WHEREAS, After several successful years in Milwaukee, Dikita |
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opened its Dallas office in 1983, and it has since managed offices |
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in Fort Worth, Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Shreveport, Louisiana; it |
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currently operates a location in San Diego along with its corporate |
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headquarters in Dallas; and |
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WHEREAS, The firm's name translates as "bringing the |
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community together for its greater good," and over the past three |
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decades, Dikita has built a strong reputation as a premier |
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multidisciplinary engineering, planning, and management consulting |
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firm, with clients in both the public and private sectors; and |
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WHEREAS, The company's two divisions, Dikita Engineering and |
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Dikita Management Services, have overseen more than a billion |
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dollars' worth of projects, including data collection for Dallas |
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Area Rapid Transit, construction management for the Starplex |
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Amphitheatre, engineering and design services for the South Oak |
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Cliff Rail Line, and management of bond programs for a number of |
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Texas school districts and universities; and |
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WHEREAS, Still owned and run by Mr. Williams as president and |
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CEO, the company has further benefited from the active involvement |
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of his daughter, Eve Williams, who serves as vice president and |
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chief financial officer; Mr. Williams's granddaughter, Erika, has |
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started to work for the company while she completes her engineering |
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degree at Texas A&M University; and |
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WHEREAS, The prosperity of the Lone Star State depends in |
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large part on the strength and innovative spirit of family-owned |
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businesses, and the three generations of the Williams family are |
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helping to ensure that Dikita Enterprises will continue to thrive |
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well into the 21st century; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dikita Enterprises on its 30th |
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anniversary and extend to the Williams family and their employees |
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sincere best wishes for continued success and achievement; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the company as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |