TITLE: Recognizing January 25, 2011, as East End Chamber of Commerce Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing January 25, 2011, as East End Chamber of Commerce Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Representatives of the East End Chamber of Commerce in Houston are visiting the State Capitol on January 25, 2011, and the occasion provides an opportunity to recognize this culturally significant and economically dynamic community; and WHEREAS, The history of the East End began a decade before the founding of Houston itself, when the town of Harrisburg was surveyed in 1826; it served both as a shipping center for early Texas colonies and briefly as the capital of the Republic of Texas in 1836; though the Mexican Army burned down all but one house in the town later that year, it was quickly rebuilt and in the mid-1800s became the site of the first railroad terminal in the state; Houston annexed Harrisburg in 1926; and WHEREAS, Today, the East End is the proud home of the Port of Houston, one of the nation's foremost ports for international trade and one of the largest port facilities in the world; and WHEREAS, The Strategic Vision for the East End, completed in 2006 by the East End Chamber of Commerce and its partner organizations and stakeholders, recognized six priorities: economic development, educational resources, history, image, infrastructure, and parks and neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, Guided by these priorities, the chamber of commerce and its partners have already made remarkable progress; accomplishments include the initiation of a National Engineering Academy at Chavez High School, the creation of two Port of Houston Maritime Academies, which opened at Stephen F. Austin and Jack Yates High Schools in August 2009, and the establishment of an Economic Development Division to nurture current ventures and draw new investment to the area; and WHEREAS, The leadership and initiative of the East End Chamber of Commerce have helped make this proud Texas community an even better place to live and work, and the chamber merits special commendation for its achievements; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby recognize January 25, 2011, as East End Chamber of Commerce Day at the State Capitol and extend to participants sincere best wishes for an enjoyable and productive visit to Austin; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the East End Chamber of Commerce as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Hernandez Luna Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 192 was adopted by the House on January 25, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House