Bill Text: TX HR362 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 1, 2023, as Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR362 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR362-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 362 | ||
|
|
||
| WHEREAS, Members of the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce are | ||
| visiting the State Capitol on March 1, 2023, providing a welcome | ||
| opportunity to pay tribute to this outstanding organization and the | ||
| city it serves; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Located in North Texas, Grand Prairie is west of | ||
| downtown Dallas in Dallas and Tarrant Counties; the first settlers | ||
| arrived in the area before the Civil War, and the community traces | ||
| its roots back to 1863, when A. M. Dechman's wagon broke down on his | ||
| trip from Jacksonville, Texas, to Fort Belknap with supplies for | ||
| the army commissary; he traded his broken wagon, ox team, and $200 | ||
| for a 239-acre tract of land; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The community became known as Deckman, or Dechman, | ||
| when a post office was constructed in 1874, and the arrival of the | ||
| Texas and Pacific Railway brought additional growth; the railroad | ||
| company had already started referring to the town as "Grand | ||
| Prairie," which officially became the city's name in 1877; Grand | ||
| Prairie was incorporated in 1902, and by 1925, its population | ||
| exceeded 1,260; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, Grand Prairie is home to nearly 200,000 | ||
| residents, and as part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, it is in | ||
| one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation; under the | ||
| exceptional leadership of president and chief executive officer | ||
| Michelle Madden, chair Martin Caballero, and its board of | ||
| directors, the Grand Prairie chamber creates partnerships with | ||
| business, civic, and educational leaders; among its resources for | ||
| entrepreneurs, the chamber oversees the Business Advisory Council, | ||
| which provides support to small businesses in Grand Prairie and | ||
| throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce has played an | ||
| important role in enhancing the community's economic vitality and | ||
| quality of life, and all those associated with the organization may | ||
| take pride in their contributions to the area's prosperity; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize March 1, 2023, as Grand Prairie | ||
| Chamber of Commerce Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm | ||
| welcome to the visiting delegation; 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. | ||
| González of Dallas | ||
| Turner | ||
| Davis | ||
| Bhojani | ||
| Sherman, Sr. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 362 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 1, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
