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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Entrepreneurs and the small businesses they create |
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| 6 | 7 | | play an essential role in the Texas economy, generating jobs and |
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| 7 | 8 | | enhancing the overall vitality of the communities they serve; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Since its establishment in 2017, Still Austin |
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| 9 | 10 | | Whiskey Co. has built an admirable reputation in the Austin area and |
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| 10 | 11 | | made an important contribution to the city's vibrant craft |
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| 11 | 12 | | distillery scene; and |
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| 12 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Still Austin benefits from the inspired leadership |
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| 13 | 14 | | of two married couples, Lisa and Andrew Braunberg and Joanna and Sal |
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| 14 | 15 | | Salinas, and the father-and-son team of Cleveland and Chris Seals; |
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| 15 | 16 | | the first grain-to-glass whiskey distillery within Austin's city |
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| 16 | 17 | | limits since Prohibition, Still Austin uses locally sourced grains |
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| 17 | 18 | | and limestone-filtered water to produce its spirits, and it |
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| 18 | 19 | | performs all of its own milling, mashing, fermenting, distilling, |
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| 19 | 20 | | barreling, and bottling in-house; and |
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| 20 | 21 | | WHEREAS, The owners and staff of Still Austin Whiskey Co. are |
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| 21 | 22 | | helping to make the enterprise a Lone Star success story, and they |
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| 22 | 23 | | may take justifiable pride in their achievements; now, therefore, |
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| 23 | 24 | | be it |
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| 24 | 25 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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| 25 | 26 | | Legislature hereby honor Still Austin Whiskey Co. as a noteworthy |
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| 26 | 27 | | member of the Austin business community and extend to all those |
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| 27 | 28 | | associated with the distillery sincere best wishes for the future; |
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| 28 | 29 | | and, be it further |
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| 29 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 30 | 31 | | prepared for Still Austin as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 31 | 32 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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