Bill Text: TX HR1947 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce and its PATHS Forward leadership development program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-21 - Reported enrolled [HR1947 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1947-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1947 |
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WHEREAS, The Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of | ||
Commerce works to promote economic opportunities for its members | ||
and to enhance prosperity in the communities it serves; and | ||
WHEREAS, The chamber was founded in 1979 to support African | ||
American-owned businesses as integral components of the Tarrant | ||
County economic landscape, and three decades later, African | ||
American entrepreneurs continue to make considerable contributions | ||
to the growth and vitality of the area; and | ||
WHEREAS, PATHS Forward, an important project sponsored by the | ||
chamber, was established to provide young African American | ||
professionals with opportunities to learn more about Tarrant County | ||
and area nonprofit organizations; and | ||
WHEREAS, With a goal to prepare members to take a leadership | ||
role in the community, the nine-month-long program helps | ||
participants strengthen communication and management skills and | ||
create strategies to achieve professional and personal success; 14 | ||
men and women are currently enrolled in the 2011 program, which | ||
began in April; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of | ||
Commerce is making a positive difference in the lives of countless | ||
people in North Texas and beyond, and it merits special praise for | ||
its outstanding initiatives to promote a healthy business climate | ||
in this state; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize members of the Fort Worth Metropolitan | ||
Black Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to the Tarrant | ||
County economy and commend PATHS Forward participants for their | ||
achievements; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the chamber as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Veasey | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1947 was adopted by the House on May | ||
19, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||