H.R. No. 746

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Members of the Garland Chamber of Commerce are
	visiting the State Capitol, and this occasion provides a welcome
	opportunity to pay tribute to this outstanding community
	organization and the city it serves; and
	WHEREAS, For more than 120 years, the Garland chamber has
	worked to ensure the economic vitality of Garland; when the city
	needed to broaden its economic base beyond agriculture in the
	mid-20th century, the chamber recruited a variety of companies that
	have since expanded to become such world-famous enterprises as
	General Dynamics Corporation, Raytheon Company, Hatco Corporation,
	and Kraft Foods Group, Inc., and KARLEE and Garrett Metal
	Detectors, which grew from shops in garages to internationally
	renowned industry leaders, and are among the nearly 400
	manufacturing enterprises located in Garland today; and
	WHEREAS, The Garland chamber is the creator of a variety of
	programs to support small businesses, manufacturing companies,
	retail firms, and the local education system, acting on the
	principle that success in each of these areas depends on success in
	all of them; the chamber is the founder of the Garland Education
	Foundation and the first chamber of commerce to host an office of
	the Small Business Development Center, and it has actively
	participated in the development of the Dallas County Manufacturers'
	Association, the Women's Business E-nitiative, and Leadership
	Garland; and
	WHEREAS, Garland has become the fifth largest city in the
	Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and one of the fastest growing regions
	in the nation, home to nearly 235,000 residents and rated among the
	top 100 best places in the country in which to live by CNN and Money
	magazine in 2008; the chamber is an essential member of the Garland
	Economic Development Partnership, which has been responsible for
	the creation and retention of more than 18,000 jobs and a $1.8
	billion tax base in the city; and
	WHEREAS, Operating under the acronym PRIDE, for Passion,
	Respect, Integrity, Discipline, and Excellence, the Garland
	Chamber of Commerce has been a dynamic and inspiring "connecting
	source" in its community, and it is indeed deserving of recognition
	for the vital role it has played in this Lone Star success story;
	now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize Garland Chamber of Commerce Day at the
	State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere best
	wishes for a meaningful and memorable visit to Austin.
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	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 746 was adopted by the House on March
	12, 2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House