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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Members of the Garland Chamber of Commerce are |
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| 6 | 7 | | visiting the State Capitol, and this occasion provides a welcome |
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| 7 | 8 | | opportunity to pay tribute to this outstanding community |
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| 8 | 9 | | organization and the city it serves; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, For more than 120 years, the Garland chamber has |
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| 10 | 11 | | worked to ensure the economic vitality of Garland; when the city |
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| 11 | 12 | | needed to broaden its economic base beyond agriculture in the |
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| 12 | 13 | | mid-20th century, the chamber recruited a variety of companies that |
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| 13 | 14 | | have since expanded to become such world-famous enterprises as |
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| 14 | 15 | | General Dynamics Corporation, Raytheon Company, Hatco Corporation, |
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| 15 | 16 | | and Kraft Foods Group, Inc., and KARLEE and Garrett Metal |
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| 16 | 17 | | Detectors, which grew from shops in garages to internationally |
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| 17 | 18 | | renowned industry leaders, and are among the nearly 400 |
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| 18 | 19 | | manufacturing enterprises located in Garland today; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, The Garland chamber is the creator of a variety of |
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| 20 | 21 | | programs to support small businesses, manufacturing companies, |
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| 21 | 22 | | retail firms, and the local education system, acting on the |
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| 22 | 23 | | principle that success in each of these areas depends on success in |
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| 23 | 24 | | all of them; the chamber is the founder of the Garland Education |
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| 24 | 25 | | Foundation and the first chamber of commerce to host an office of |
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| 25 | 26 | | the Small Business Development Center, and it has actively |
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| 26 | 27 | | participated in the development of the Dallas County Manufacturers' |
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| 27 | 28 | | Association, the Women's Business E-nitiative, and Leadership |
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| 28 | 29 | | Garland; and |
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| 29 | 30 | | WHEREAS, Garland has become the fifth largest city in the |
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| 30 | 31 | | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and one of the fastest growing regions |
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| 31 | 32 | | in the nation, home to nearly 235,000 residents and rated among the |
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| 32 | 33 | | top 100 best places in the country in which to live by CNN and Money |
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| 33 | 34 | | magazine in 2008; the chamber is an essential member of the Garland |
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| 34 | 35 | | Economic Development Partnership, which has been responsible for |
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| 35 | 36 | | the creation and retention of more than 18,000 jobs and a $1.8 |
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| 36 | 37 | | billion tax base in the city; and |
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| 37 | 38 | | WHEREAS, Operating under the acronym PRIDE, for Passion, |
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| 38 | 39 | | Respect, Integrity, Discipline, and Excellence, the Garland |
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| 39 | 40 | | Chamber of Commerce has been a dynamic and inspiring "connecting |
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| 40 | 41 | | source" in its community, and it is indeed deserving of recognition |
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| 41 | 42 | | for the vital role it has played in this Lone Star success story; |
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| 42 | 43 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 44 | 45 | | Legislature hereby recognize Garland Chamber of Commerce Day at the |
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| 45 | 46 | | State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere best |
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| 46 | 47 | | wishes for a meaningful and memorable visit to Austin. |
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