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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 February 25, 2015, 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 117 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 Metal |
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Detectors, which grew from shops in garages to internationally |
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renowned industry leaders, and are among the nearly 400 |
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manufacturing 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 nearly 235,000 residents and rated among 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 more than 18,000 jobs and a $1.5 |
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billion tax 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 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize February 25, 2015, as Garland Chamber |
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of 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. |