Bill Text: MO HCR46 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes Kansas City as host of FUTURALLIA KC 2011 event for small and medium business leaders
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-28 - Referred: Rules (S) [HCR46 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2011-HCR46-Introduced.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 46
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES NOLTE (Sponsor), PETERS-BAKER, McMANUS, SCHIEBER, NANCE, BERRY, SWEARINGEN AND NETH (Co-sponsors).
WHEREAS, a three-day event, FUTURALLIA, will take place from Wednesday, May 18, 2011, to Friday, May 20, 2011, at the Kansas City Convention Center; and
WHEREAS, FUTURALLIA is a unique and globally recognized event which offers small and medium size businesses from various industry sectors and business leaders to have personalized, prescheduled, face-to-face meetings with partners of their choice; and
WHEREAS, FUTURALLIA is a springboard toward making new international partnerships, in addition to informal meetings in a professional and friendly environment; and
WHEREAS, since the first FUTURALLIA event was held in 1990, the event is designed for owners, directors, and managers of small and medium size businesses from all industry sectors wishing to develop business partnerships; and
WHEREAS, FUTURALLIA KC 2011 is the 16th edition of the event, and the first time in 20 years that the event will be held in the United States; and
WHEREAS, more than 92 delegation leaders from 38 countries will be participating, with more than 800 entrepreneurs in attendance; and
WHEREAS, as host of such a internationally recognized business event, Missouri will be a showcase for business leaders and entrepreneurs involved in foreign trade; and
WHEREAS, David Kerr, Director of the Department of Economic Development has frequently discussed the importance of international trade for the economic future of the State of Missouri; and
WHEREAS, from its early trading post beginnings, Kansas City has grown to be a metropolitan area of 2.2 million people and has maintained a reputation as a crossroads of transportation and as an international trade hub; and
WHEREAS, Fortune magazine ranks Kansas City as one of the 20 best cities in the United Sates for international business; and
WHEREAS, Entrepreneur magazine rates Kansas City as the No. 1 city in the Midwest in which to start and grow a business and No. 11 nationally; and
WHEREAS, Kansas City's economy is a nearly exact reflection of the United States economy, with a diversity of industries that protect its employers and workforce from dramatic peaks and valleys experienced in other markets; and
WHEREAS, FUTURALLIA KC 2011 will allow the State of Missouri to become recognized as a great place for foreign trade and international business:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-sixth General Assembly, First Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby recognize Kansas City as host of FUTURALLIA KC 2011 and urge the Department of Economic Development to take every advantage of this opportunity to encourage participation and to showcase Missouri as an ideal location for foreign trade and international business; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for David Kerr, Director of the Department of Economic Development.
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