HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 04221997 - 97-185 V.
The Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County
In the Watter of Q?fsofution No. 97/185
Yfonoring Dow ChemicaCCompany on the Occasion
of their 100th Anniversary and Encouraging FamiCtes
to Celebrate with Dow at a Community-wide
Environmental Faire to be held on May 3, 1997
WMEREAS, this year marks the Dow Chemical Company's 100thAnniversary, having been
founded 6y Yfer6ert I-fenry Dow in 1897;and
$VM EAS, in honor of this CentennialAnniversary, as well as in honor of the City ofAntioch's
125thAnniversary and the 20th Anniversary of Tri-Delta Transit, the Dow'Wetlands EnvironmentafTeam
andthe City ofAntioch's 12SthAnniversary Committee have scheduleda Community-wide Environmental
Faire to be held on Saturday, Kay 3, 1997;and
`WXEREAS, this celebration will be herdat the Dow Chemicalwetlands wildife habitat and
preserve;and
` MEREAS, Dow Chemicalwiff bejoined6y severarother prestigious organizations including the
Lindsay Wialfi e Museum, Lawrence Mall of Science,Sierra Club,Audubon Society and Black<Diamond
Wines in utilizing East County's wetlands preserve to provide entertainment andeducation to the community;
and
`WXEREAS, the(Dow Chemical Company has been a responsive community member of East Contra
Costa since 1939, employing numerous residents andproviding internships for high schoolandcollege students;
and
NOW, VfEnTORE, BE IT USOLVEtD that the Boardof Supervisors of Contra Costa
County, California, does hereby recognize the Dow ChemicaCCompany for its significant contributions to the
East County Community and to Contra Costa County as a whore.
BE IcIT F2J1WMRUSOL`GtEtD that the Boardof Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa,
California, does hereby honor the Dow ChemicaCCompany on the occasion of their 100th Anniversary and
encourages all residents of Contra Costa County to cerebrate with(Dow at their May 3, 1997 Environmental
Faire.
PASSED 6y unanimous vote of the Board9dembers present on this 22ndday of Apri11997.
I hereby cert that the foregoing is a true an correct copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of the Boardof
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my handandtheSealof the Boardof
Supervisors affivdon this 22ndday ofApril,
1997.
ML BATCHELOP,Clerkof the Boardof
Supervisors andCountyAdministrator
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