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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Members of the Garland Chamber of Commerce are |
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visiting the State Capitol on March 5, 2013, and this occasion |
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provides a welcome opportunity to pay tribute to this outstanding |
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community organization and the city it serves; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than 115 years, the Garland chamber has |
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worked to ensure the economic vitality of Garland; when the city |
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needed to broaden its economic base beyond agriculture in the |
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mid-20th century, the chamber recruited a variety of companies that |
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have since expanded to become such world-famous enterprises as |
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General Dynamics Corporation, Raytheon Company, Hatco Corporation, |
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and Kraft Foods Group, Inc., and KARLEE and Garrett |
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Metal |
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Detectors, which grew from shops in garages to internationally |
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renowned industry leaders, are among the nearly 400 manufacturing |
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enterprises located in Garland today; and |
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WHEREAS, The Garland chamber is the creator of a variety of |
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programs to support small businesses, manufacturing companies, |
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retail firms, and the local education system, acting on the |
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principle that success in each of these areas depends on success in |
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all of them; the chamber is the founder of the BEST Education |
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Foundation and the first chamber of commerce to host an office of |
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the Small Business Development Center, and it has actively |
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participated in the development of the Dallas County Manufacturers' |
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Association, the Women's Business E-nitiative, and Leadership |
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Garland; and |
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WHEREAS, Garland has become the fifth largest city in the |
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Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and one of the fastest growing regions |
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in the nation, home to more than 236,000 residents and rated in the |
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top 100 best places in the country in which to live by CNN and Money |
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magazine in 2008; the chamber is an essential member of the Garland |
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Economic Development Partnership, which has been responsible for |
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the creation and retention of 19,000 jobs and a $1.5 billion tax |
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base in the city; and |
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WHEREAS, Operating under the acronym PRIDE, for Passion, |
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Respect, Integrity, Discipline, and Excellence, the Garland |
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Chamber of Commerce has been a dynamic and inspiring "connecting |
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source" in its community, and it is indeed deserving of recognition |
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for the vital role it has played in this Lone Star success story; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize March 5, 2013, as Garland Chamber of |
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Commerce Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting |
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delegation sincere best wishes for a meaningful and memorable visit |
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to Austin. |
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Burkett |
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Straus |
M. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Oliveira |
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Allen |
N. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Orr |
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Anderson |
Gutierrez |
Patrick |
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Aycock |
Harper-Brown |
Perry |
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Bell |
Hernandez Luna |
Phillips |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Hilderbran |
Pitts |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
Howard |
Price |
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Capriglione |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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Carter |
King of Hemphill |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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Clardy |
King of Parker |
Rose |
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Coleman |
King of Taylor |
Sanford |
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Collier |
King of Zavala |
Schaefer |
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Cortez |
Klick |
Sheffield of Bell |
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Craddick |
Kolkhorst |
Sheffield of Coryell |
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Crownover |
Kuempel |
Simpson |
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Davis of Dallas |
Lavender |
Springer |
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J. Davis of Harris |
Leach |
Stephenson |
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S. Davis of Harris |
Lewis |
Stickland |
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Dutton |
Lucio III |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Eiland |
Marquez |
Thompson of Harris |
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Fallon |
Martinez Fischer |
Turner of Collin |
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Farias |
McClendon |
Turner of Harris |
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Farney |
Menendez |
Turner of Tarrant |
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Fletcher |
Miller of Comal |
Villarreal |
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Flynn |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 676 was adopted by the House on March 5, |
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2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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