TITLE: Commemorating the groundbreaking for the Cardwell Collaborative in El Paso.

SUMMARY: Commemorating the groundbreaking for the Cardwell Collaborative in El Paso.

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WHEREAS, A groundbreaking ceremony is taking place in El Paso for the Cardwell Collaborative, a new state-of-the-art biomedical research and technology commercialization center, on February 19, 2015; and WHEREAS, The building is being developed by MCA Tech Park, Inc., under the flagship of the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation, and will be located at the entrance of the 440-acre MCA campus; once completed, the facility will be a research hub for the MCA subsidiary, RedSky, in addition to housing start-up firms in the health care sector and offering them access to resources and support needed to investigate and implement new technologies; and WHEREAS, Plans for the three-story, 60,000-square-foot building include a high-tech conference center, a center for research computing, incubator spaces, areas for collaboration, and a virtual receptionist that will greet visitors and provide information about the facility; the building is slated to open its doors in May 2016; and WHEREAS, This superb undertaking represents the commitment shared by city and industry leaders to innovation in the evolving field of medical science, and it will play a significant role in promoting economic opportunity and prosperity in the area; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby commemorate the groundbreaking for the Cardwell Collaborative and extend to all those associated with this endeavor sincere appreciation for their support of this important development. Blanco Pickett M rquez Moody Gonz lez Straus Guerra Otto Allen Guillen Paddie Alonzo Gutierrez Parker Alvarado Harless Paul Anchia Hernandez Pe a 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 M rquez Stickland Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt Fallon Men ndez 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 Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Geren Murphy Workman Giddings Murr Wray Goldman Naishtat Wu Gonzales Nev rez Zedler Gonz lez Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 398 was adopted by the House on February 11, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House