H.R. No. 530

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHERE
	AS, Members of the Garland Chamber of Commerce are
	visiting the State Capitol on February 25, 2015, 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 117 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 BEST 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 $1.5
	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 February 25, 2015, as 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.
	Button
	Burkett
	Sheets
	Straus Guerra Otto
	Allen Guillen Paddie
	Alonzo Gutierrez Parker
	Alvarado Harless Paul
	Anchia Hernandez Peña
	Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan
	Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips
	Ashby Huberty Pickett
	Aycock Hughes Price
	Bell Hunter Raney
	Blanco Isaac Raymond
	Bohac Israel Reynolds
	Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle
	Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi
	Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
	Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis
	Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr.
	Button King of Parker Rose
	Canales King of Taylor Sanford
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer
	Clardy Klick Schofield
	Coleman Koop Shaheen
	Collier Krause Sheets
	Cook Kuempel Sheffield
	Craddick Landgraf Simmons
	Crownover Larson Simpson
	Dale Laubenberg Smith
	Darby Leach Smithee
	Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer
	Davis of Harris Lozano Springer
	Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson
	Dukes Márquez Stickland
	Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
	Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
	Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt
	Fallon Menéndez Turner of Collin
	Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris
	Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant
	Farrar Miles VanDeaver
	Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba
	Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
	Frank Moody Walle
	Frullo Morrison White of Bell
	Galindo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
	Geren Murphy Workman
	Giddings Murr Wray
	Goldman Naishtat Wu
	Gonzales Nevárez Zedler
	González Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 530 was adopted by the House on February
	26, 2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House