Bill Text: TX HR302 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of Ware & Associates in Fort Worth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-17 - Reported enrolled [HR302 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR302-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 302 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The public relations firm Ware & Associates | ||
| celebrated its 30th anniversary with a banquet at the Fort Worth | ||
| Club on April 24, 2017, and this milestone provides a fitting | ||
| occasion to recognize the business for its contributions to the | ||
| community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded in 1987 by President and CEO Wyntress | ||
| B. Ware, the company was the first public relations firm in Fort | ||
| Worth to be owned by an African American female; from its start as a | ||
| one-woman operation, the business has grown to employ as many as | ||
| seven people, working in behalf of a variety of public and private | ||
| entities; Ware & Associates clients include the Dallas/Fort Worth | ||
| International Airport, the Tarrant Regional Water District, the | ||
| Fort Worth Transportation Authority, and Parkland Hospital | ||
| Systems; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The firm offers services in such areas as community | ||
| relations, government affairs, and public forum coordination, as | ||
| well as strategic communications planning, speech writing, crisis | ||
| management, media relations, and social media development; it also | ||
| helps clients navigate changing demographics by providing | ||
| multicultural diversity development and compliance services and | ||
| business diversity planning and by helping them reach a | ||
| multicultural audience; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dedicated to giving back to the community, Ware & | ||
| Associates provides pro bono services each year to a local | ||
| organization and recently assisted Mount Olive Missionary Baptist | ||
| Church in its role as a host site for the Children's Defense Fund | ||
| Freedom School; the firm is a member of the Fort Worth Chamber of | ||
| Commerce, the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce, | ||
| the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Public | ||
| Relations Society of America; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Independently owned businesses play a vital role in | ||
| the prosperity of the Lone Star State, and enterprises such as Ware & | ||
| Associates that establish a record of dependability and longevity | ||
| are indeed deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the 30th | ||
| anniversary of Ware & Associates and extend to Wyntress Ware and her | ||
| staff sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Collier | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 302 was adopted by the House on August | ||
| 15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
