HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011997 - 1997-185 The(BwrdafSupem*ors
of Contra Costa County
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Monoring Dow Chemical Company on the Occasion
of their 100th anniversary andEncouraging F"amifies
to Celebrate with Dow at a Community-wife
Environmental T wire to 6e held on Way 3, 1997
U-I , this year mar:6 the Om ChemicalCompany s 100thAnniversary, having been
founded 6y Ilarfert Menry 0ow in 1897,and
'GVJMR,W, in honor of this CentennniarAnniversary, as weffas in honor of the City ofAntioch s
125thAnniversary andthe 20thAnniversary of Tr-Delta Transit, the Oow Wettunds EnvironmentalTeam
and the City ofAntioch's 12sth.Anniversary Committee have scheduteda Community-wide Environmental
Faire to be heldon Saturday, W4y 3, 1997,and
WMP�W, this celebration wiffbe heidat the Oow Chernicatwetlands wdAfe habitat and
preserve,and
$VJM S, Dow Chemicalwill6e joined6y severalotherprestigious organizations inc&dting the
Lindsay U#`Wi,fe Museum,Lawrence Ma,fXofScience,Sierra Club,Audubon Society and0lackrl3iamond
Wines in utilizing East County's wetlands preserve to provide entertainment andeducation to the community,
and
' ITP` `r 5', the Dow Chemical Company has been a responsive community member of East Contra
Costa since 1939, employing numerous residents and ping interwhips for high school and college students,
and
IVY. W, MSE cBE ITWOEVErD that the BoardofSupervisors of Contra Costa
County, California, does hereby recognize the Dow Chemical Company for its sign%,scant contributions to the
East County Community and to Contra Costa County as a whole.
< E I2'FV4WL1E ,4=C3.EVEO that the Board of Supemuors of the County of Contra Costa,
California, does hereby honor the Oow ChemwdCompany on the occasion of their 100thAnniversary and
encourages all residents of Contra Costa County to celebrate with Dow at their May 3, 1997 Environmental
faire.
T)US'rED by unanimous vote of the BoardMem6ers present on this 22ndday of gpri(1997.
J lrsrr6y certify that the fotvoind is a true an corrat copy o,f a resolution entry vd ora tfu odnutas of the(Board of
Sup mors on the date afornaid:
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Supe wrtors of don As 22ndday ofXprd
1997.
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