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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Members of the Garlan |
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d Chamber of Commerce, together |
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with their partners at the City of Garland and Garland Independent |
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School District, are visiting the State Capitol on February 20 and |
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21, 2019, and this occasion provides a welcome opportunity to pay |
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tribute to these outstanding organizations and the city they serve; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, For more than 124 years, the chamber of commerce has |
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worked to ensure the economic vitality of Garland; the city needed |
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to broaden its economic base beyond agriculture in the mid-20th |
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century, and the creation of municipally owned utility company |
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Garland Power & Light provided the chamber with incentives |
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necessary to recruit such companies as General Dynamics |
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Corporation, Hatco Corporation, and Kraft Foods Group, Inc., which |
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are among the nearly 400 manufacturing enterprises located in |
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Garland today; and |
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WHEREAS, The nationally recognized, five-star accredited |
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Garland chamber is the creator of a variety of programs to support |
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small businesses, manufacturing companies, retail firms, and the |
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local education system, acting on the principle that success in |
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each of these areas depends on success in all of them; Garland was |
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the first chamber of commerce to host an office of the Small |
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Business Development Center to provide free small business |
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counseling, and it founded and maintains the Dallas County |
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Manufacturers' Association, the Women's Business E-nitiative, and |
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Leadership 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 240,000 residents and an exceptional |
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school district, with eight Garland ISD campuses having been named |
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National Blue Ribbon Schools a total of 13 times; the chamber, city, |
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and school district, working together toward community |
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sustainability, are also formal partners in the Garland Economic |
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Development Partnership, which has been responsible for the |
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creation and retention of more than 18,000 jobs and a $1.5 billion |
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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 lives up to its tagline, "The Connecting |
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Source," and it is indeed deserving of recognition for the vital |
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role it has played in this Lone Star success story; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize February 20 and 21, 2019, as Garland |
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Chamber of Commerce Days at the State Capitol and extend to the |
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visiting delegation sincere best wishes for a meaningful and |
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memorable visit to Austin. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 480 was adopted by the House on |
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February 21, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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