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GA SR1221
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/13/2014
Primary Sponsor
Bruce Thompson
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AI Summary
- Georgia Senate recognizes and commends the Bartow County Chamber of Commerce on its 125th anniversary, with its first charter issued by the Bartow Superior Court on July 13, 1889
- The chamber has attracted major businesses to Bartow County over its history, including American Textile Company Mill, Shaw Industries, Goodyear, and the Allatoona Dam and Plant Bowen operations in the 1940s
- In the 1970s and 1980s, the chamber lobbied for key transportation improvements including the four-lane expansion of Highway 41, completion of Interstate 75, and the downtown railroad overpass
- The chamber helped bring Chattahoochee Technical College to Bartow County in 1987 and in 2013 worked to attract Voestaltine, an Austrian auto parts supplier, and the Lake Point Sports Complex, a $2 billion project
- The Secretary of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Bartow County Chamber of Commerce
Legislative Description
Bartow County Chamber of Commerce; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
3/13/2014
Full Bill Text
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