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GA HR1679
Resolution
Status
Passed
6/25/2020
Primary Sponsor
David Wilkerson
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AI Summary
- Recognizes and commends the late Jean Elisabeth Wright on her induction into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame on March 11, 2020, making her the first woman from Cobb County to receive this honor
- Jean Wright was a pioneer in conservation and environmental education who restored her 20-acre cotton farm in Marietta to native forest by rescuing plants from development sites including Six Flags over Georgia and Hartsfield-Jackson Airport
- Wright was instrumental in the Georgia Community Greenspace Program, signed into law in 2000 by Governor Barnes, which resulted in the preservation and protection of 9,000 acres statewide
- In 1996, Jean and her husband Elwood placed their property under a conservation easement; after her death, Cobb County purchased the land with greenspace funds and created the Jean and Elwood Wright Environmental Education Center
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide a copy of the resolution to the family of Jean Elisabeth Wright
Legislative Description
Wright, Jean Elisabeth; occasion of her induction into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame; recognize
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
6/25/2020
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