H.R. No. 192

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Representatives of the East End Chamber of Commerce
	in Houston are visiting the State Capitol on January 25, 2011, and
	the occasion provides an opportunity to recognize this culturally
	significant and economically dynamic community; and
	WHEREAS, The history of the East End began a decade before the
	founding of Houston itself, when the town of Harrisburg was
	surveyed in 1826; it served both as a shipping center for early
	Texas colonies and briefly as the capital of the Republic of Texas
	in 1836; though the Mexican Army burned down all but one house in
	the town later that year, it was quickly rebuilt and in the
	mid-1800s became the site of the first railroad terminal in the
	state; Houston annexed Harrisburg in 1926; and
	WHEREAS, Today, the East End is the proud home of the Port of
	Houston, one of the nation's foremost ports for international trade
	and one of the largest port facilities in the world; and
	WHEREAS, The Strategic Vision for the East End, completed in
	2006 by the East End Chamber of Commerce and its partner
	organizations and stakeholders, recognized six priorities:
	economic development, educational resources, history, image,
	infrastructure, and parks and neighborhoods; and
	WHEREAS, Guided by these priorities, the chamber of commerce
	and its partners have already made remarkable progress;
	accomplishments include the initiation of a National Engineering
	Academy at Chavez High School, the creation of two Port of Houston
	Maritime Academies, which opened at Stephen F. Austin and Jack
	Yates High Schools in August 2009, and the establishment of an
	Economic Development Division to nurture current ventures and draw
	new investment to the area; and
	WHEREAS, The leadership and initiative of the East End
	Chamber of Commerce have helped make this proud Texas community an
	even better place to live and work, and the chamber merits special
	commendation for its achievements; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize January 25, 2011, as East End Chamber
	of Commerce Day at the State Capitol and extend to participants
	sincere best wishes for an enjoyable and productive visit to
	Austin; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the East End Chamber of Commerce as an expression of
	high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
	Hernandez Luna
	Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
	Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
	Allen Gooden Murphy
	Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
	Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
	Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
	Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
	Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
	Aycock Harless Parker
	Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
	Berman Hartnett Paxton
	Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
	Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
	Branch Hochberg Phillips
	Brown Hopson Pickett
	Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
	Burnam Howard of Travis Price
	Button Huberty Quintanilla
	Cain Hughes Raymond
	Callegari Hunter Reynolds
	Carter Isaac Riddle
	Castro Jackson Ritter
	Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
	Christian Keffer Schwertner
	Coleman King of Parker Scott
	Cook King of Taylor Sheets
	Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
	Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
	Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
	Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
	Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
	J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
	S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
	Deshotel Lavender Strama
	Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
	Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
	Dutton Lozano Thompson
	Eiland Lucio III Torres
	Eissler Lyne Truitt
	Elkins Madden Turner
	Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
	Farrar Margo Villarreal
	Fletcher Marquez Vo
	Flynn Martinez Walle
	Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
	Gallego McClendon White
	Garza Menendez Woolley
	Geren Miles Workman
	Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
	Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 192 was adopted by the House on January
	25, 2011, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House