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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 38th Annual Swiss Avenue Historic District |
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Association's Mother's Day Home Tour is taking place during the |
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weekend of May 7 and 8, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, The Swiss Avenue area is an early 20th-century |
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neighborhood which in 1974 became the first historic district in |
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Dallas to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places; it |
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includes some 200 carefully preserved and restored houses |
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representing architectural styles such as Mediterranean, Spanish, |
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Georgian, Prairie, Craftsman, Neoclassical, Italian Renaissance, |
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Tudor, and Colonial Revival; and |
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WHEREAS, Incorporated in 1977, the Swiss Avenue Historic |
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District Association works to protect the properties of the |
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district and to educate the public about its history, as well as to |
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improve and beautify the area; the association is ably led by |
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president Gaye Jackson Price, with Home Tour cochairs Lisa Marie |
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Lange, John Lynch, Amy Petreikis, and Larry Waisanen responsible |
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for the Mother's Day weekend activities; and |
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WHEREAS, The Mother's Day Home Tour offers participants the |
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opportunity to learn more about the Swiss Avenue Historic District |
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and to enjoy viewing some of the most carefully preserved and |
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restored homes in one of the finest early 20th-century |
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neighborhoods in the Southwest; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize the 38th Annual Swiss Avenue Historic |
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District Association's Mother's Day Home Tour and extend to all |
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those associated with the event sincere best wishes for an |
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enjoyable tour weekend; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the association as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |