TITLE: Congratulating John Goff on his receipt of the 2023 Golden Deeds Award from the Exchange Club of Fort Worth.

SUMMARY: Congratulating John Goff on his receipt of the 2023 Golden Deeds Award from the Exchange Club of Fort Worth.

FULL TEXT:
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 BSharp 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 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. Chief Clerk of the House