GA HR1697

Recognizes and commends Representative "Able" Mable Thomas for over 28 years of public service to Georgia upon the occasion of her retirement from the Georgia House of Representatives

Highlights her 1997 election to the Atlanta City Council, where she passed an Affordable Housing Policy Bill, secured $4.9 million for Atlanta Green Space Conservation, and supported the Historic Westside Revitalization Project

Credits her as the catalyst for landmark legislation including the Rape Shield Statute and the Hit and Run Bill, signed by the Governor in May 2019

Recognizes her founding of the Greater Vine City Opportunities Program Inc., serving high-risk urban youth on Atlanta's westside, and her purchase of the historic English Avenue Elementary School for conversion into a community center with 75 units of affordable housing

Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to Representative Thomas