H.R. No. 2238
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, John Goff has been awarded the 2023 Golden Deeds
Award by the Exchange Club of Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, The top honor conferred by the organization, this
accolade recognizes the individual deemed the most outstanding
citizen of the year; and
WHEREAS, John Goff is the chair and a cofounder of Crescent
Real Estate Equities of Fort Worth, one of the premier real estate
companies in North Texas; a visionary developer and bold investor,
he has been involved in numerous major commercial projects,
including the Crescent Fort Worth Hotel and Crescent Offices, set
to open later in 2023 in the Cultural District; he also spearheaded
the creation of the Klyde Warren Park, an acclaimed urban
greenspace built over a depressed freeway in downtown Dallas; and
WHEREAS, Crescent Real Estate has sought to make a positive
difference in the communities where it operates; it launched a
program to adopt schools serving at-risk students, and it created a
scholarship program for non-officer members of the company; in
2010, the Goff Family Foundation established the B Sharp Youth
Music Program, which offers elementary students in the Fort Worth
Independent School District intensive after-school music
instruction, academic tutoring, and life skills training; and
WHEREAS, During the pandemic, then-mayor Betsy Price asked
Mr. Goff to assist local businesses as co-chair of the committee
that became Fort Worth Now; he made a personal, $100,000 donation to
the organization, which facilitated mask distribution, vaccine
delivery, and financial assistance, and his example drew other
benefactors; the group was also charged with making the city more
resilient, which led him to conclude that it needed a Tier 1
research university; working with city and business officials, as
well as Texas A&M University Law School dean Bobby Ahdieh and
A&M System chancellor John Sharp, Mr. Goff was instrumental in the
university's commitment to build the $350 million Texas A&M-Fort
Worth campus; appointed chair of the successor to Fort Worth Now,
the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Innovation Partnership, he continues
to share his time and expertise to promote the city's vibrancy and
prosperity; and
WHEREAS, John Goff has made contributions of lasting value to
Fort Worth through his dedicated civic leadership, and he is indeed
deserving of this prestigious accolade; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate John Goff on his receipt of the
2023 Golden Deeds Award from the Exchange Club of Fort Worth and
extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Goff as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Geren
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2238 was adopted by the House on May
29, 2023, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House