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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dow Texas Operations, the Dow Chemical Company |
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manufacturing site in Freeport, is celebrating the 75th anniversary |
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of its creation in 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, Wanting to expand its operations to the U.S. Gulf |
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Coast, the Dow Chemical Company began scouting a number of |
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locations from New Orleans to Brownsville in the late 1930s; |
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Freeport stood out among the competition because of its proximity |
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to a harbor, natural gas reserves, and seawater, from which the |
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company planned to extract magnesium; the company bought 800 acres |
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of land bordering Freeport Harbor on March 7, 1940, and started |
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building its first plant soon after; and |
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WHEREAS, In the 75 years since its establishment, Dow Texas |
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Operations has grown to be the largest integrated petrochemical |
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manufacturing complex in the world; spanning 7,000 acres and |
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employing more than 8,000 people, the Freeport site manufactures |
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44 percent of Dow products sold in the United States and over 21 |
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percent of Dow products sold globally and serves as a major economic |
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engine for Brazoria County and for the entire Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, Many factors have contributed to the success of Dow |
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Texas Operations, but none have been more critical than the |
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dedicated people who have worked at the site and the state and |
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community partners who have made Texas a great place to do business; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Dow |
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Chemical Company manufacturing site in Freeport and extend to all |
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those associated with the enterprise sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dow Texas Operations as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |