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GA SR1221

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/13/2014

Primary Sponsor

Bruce Thompson

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Origin

Senate

2013-2014 Regular Session

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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