HJ573: Commending the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce.


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 573
Commending the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 23, 2015
Agreed to by the Senate, January 29, 2015

 

WHEREAS, in 2015, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce celebrates 90 years of promoting and supporting local businesses; and

WHEREAS, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce was founded in May 1925 by a group of local business and professional leaders; and

WHEREAS, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce’s founders envisioned an organization that would bring economic prosperity to the county and the entire Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, during the past 90 years, Fairfax County, aided by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, has emerged as one of the premier global locations to start or grow a business; and

WHEREAS, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce has become what its founders hoped for it to be: “the Voice of Business in Northern Virginia”; and

WHEREAS, as the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce celebrates the 90th anniversary of its founding, the organization is poised to lead the Northern Virginia business community toward a bright future; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of its 90th anniversary and congratulate it for its success in becoming the voice of business in Northern Virginia; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Jim Corcoran, president and chief executive officer of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, as an expression of the General Assembly’s best wishes for the next 90 years of continuous service to the businesses of Northern Virginia.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 573

Offered January 14, 2015
Prefiled January 8, 2015
Commending the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce.
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WHEREAS, in 2015, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce celebrates 90 years of promoting and supporting local businesses; and

WHEREAS, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce was founded in May 1925 by a group of local business and professional leaders; and

WHEREAS, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce’s founders envisioned an organization that would bring economic prosperity to the county and the entire Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, during the past 90 years, Fairfax County, aided by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, has emerged as one of the premier global locations to start or grow a business; and

WHEREAS, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce has become what its founders hoped for it to be: “the Voice of Business in Northern Virginia”; and

WHEREAS, as the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce celebrates the 90th anniversary of its founding, the organization is poised to lead the Northern Virginia business community toward a bright future; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of its 90th anniversary and congratulate it for its success in becoming the voice of business in Northern Virginia; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Jim Corcoran, president and chief executive officer of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, as an expression of the General Assembly’s best wishes for the next 90 years of continuous service to the businesses of Northern Virginia.