14 | 13 | | SJR___ HONORING THE PRATTVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON |
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15 | 14 | | ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY. |
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16 | 15 | | WHEREAS, with great pride and special pleasure, we |
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17 | 16 | | highly honor the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce on the |
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18 | 17 | | occasion of its milestone 50th Anniversary; and |
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19 | 18 | | WHEREAS, the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce's |
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20 | 19 | | mission is to strengthen the business environment and |
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21 | 20 | | promote a high quality of life for the community; the |
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22 | 21 | | Chamber works diligently by observing the core values of |
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23 | 22 | | helping businesses grow and prosper, encouraging orderly |
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24 | 23 | | expansion and development of all segments of business, |
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25 | 24 | | contributing to the overall economic stability of the |
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26 | 25 | | community, and promoting the nation's private enterprise |
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27 | 26 | | system of competitive marketing; and |
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28 | 27 | | WHEREAS, when the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce |
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29 | 28 | | began in 1973, there were only 74 members, and now in 2023, |
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30 | 29 | | the Chamber has nearly 700 members, as well as a Board of |
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31 | 30 | | Directors comprised of 21 business and community leaders; |
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32 | 31 | | during the last 50 years, the Prattville Area Chamber of |
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33 | 32 | | Commerce has been instrumental in economic development |
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34 | 33 | | efforts, creating thousands of jobs from recruitment of |
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61 | 60 | | business and industry; the Chamber has recruited major |
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62 | 61 | | industries over the years, such as James Hardie most |
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63 | 62 | | recently; the Chamber also recruited and successfully landed |
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64 | 63 | | the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill, which now |
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65 | 64 | | has over 80,000 rounds of golf at the facility every year; |
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67 | 66 | | WHEREAS, some of the Prattville Area Chamber of |
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68 | 67 | | Commerce's other achievements include hosting its Farm City |
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69 | 68 | | Banquet to celebrate the economic impact of agriculture in |
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70 | 69 | | Autauga County and to honor the achievements of farmers; |
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71 | 70 | | championing education as the most powerful investment in |
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72 | 71 | | people's lives and increasing educational opportunities that |
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73 | 72 | | lead to greater prosperity and improve future economic |
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74 | 73 | | development; and supporting a large military population from |
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75 | 74 | | the area's military bases through the Chamber's Military |
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76 | 75 | | Affairs Committee, whose mission is to highlight and promote |
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77 | 76 | | the Prattville and Autauga area as a friendly community that |
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78 | 77 | | is open to serve those in the military and their families; |
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80 | 79 | | WHEREAS, the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce |
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81 | 80 | | continues to be a champion for business and industry, |
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83 | 82 | | development, and tourism, we well as continues to diligently |
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84 | 83 | | help provide a sustainable business community, build a |
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114 | 113 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH |
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115 | 114 | | HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That the Prattville Area Chamber |
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116 | 115 | | of Commerce is highly honored on its milestone 50th |
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117 | 116 | | Anniversary, and we hereby dedicate this resolution to the |
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