Bill Text: TX HR164 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing January 28, 2015, as Team Arlington Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-29 - Reported enrolled [HR164 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR164-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing January 28, 2015, as Team Arlington Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-29 - Reported enrolled [HR164 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR164-Introduced.html
84R5360 BK-D | ||
By: Turner of Tarrant | H.R. No. 164 |
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WHEREAS, Members of Team Arlington are visiting the State | ||
Capitol on January 28, 2015, as part of their annual trip to Austin; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, A chamber-led coalition, Team Arlington advocates | ||
at the state and federal levels for resources to support local | ||
economic development initiatives in Southeast Tarrant County; each | ||
year, Team Arlington delegations travel to Austin and Washington, | ||
D.C., to meet with elected and appointed officials; and | ||
WHEREAS, Joining us today are Arlington mayor | ||
Dr. Robert Cluck, Arlington Chamber of Commerce president Wes | ||
Jurey, Arlington Independent School District superintendent | ||
Dr. Marcelo Cavazos, Tarrant County commissioner Andy Nguyen, | ||
Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce president Mary Frazior, | ||
Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County executive director Judy | ||
McDonald, Tarrant County College--Southeast Campus president | ||
Dr. Bill Coppola, and Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau | ||
president Ronnie Price; and | ||
WHEREAS, The founding partners of this dynamic organization | ||
include the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, the City of Arlington, | ||
The University of Texas at Arlington, Tarrant County, Tarrant | ||
County College--Southeast, Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County, | ||
the Arlington Independent School District, the Arlington | ||
Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the local Hispanic, African | ||
American, Asian American, and Pan Asian American chambers of | ||
commerce; and | ||
WHEREAS, Located halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth in | ||
Tarrant County, Arlington is a thriving community with numerous | ||
economic and educational resources and diverse entertainment | ||
venues; the area that would become Arlington, with its fertile | ||
blackland and sandy loam, counted farmers among its early | ||
inhabitants in the mid-19th century; it was formally founded in | ||
1876 as a market town on the Texas and Pacific Railway and named | ||
after the Virginia hometown of Robert E. Lee; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, Arlington is home to almost 400,000 | ||
residents; it is a hub for various technical and manufacturing | ||
companies, including General Motors, and features superior | ||
research and teaching facilities at UT Arlington; more than eight | ||
million people visit the city annually to experience such | ||
attractions as Six Flags Over Texas and the International Bowling | ||
Museum & Hall of Fame and to attend sporting events at Globe Life | ||
Park in Arlington, home of the Texas Rangers, and AT&T Stadium, home | ||
of the Dallas Cowboys; and | ||
WHEREAS, By making a proactive effort to work in conjunction | ||
with state and federal leaders, Team Arlington has helped to | ||
promote growth and development in this vibrant city, which | ||
continues to be one of the Lone Star State's greatest assets; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby welcome the members of Team Arlington to the | ||
State Capitol and recognize January 28, 2015, as Team Arlington | ||
Day; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the group as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. |