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SR 266 - Bloomingdale - celebrating 25th anniversary

Johnson, Eric B (1st)

Status Summary	SC:		HC:		FR:	03/15/99	LA:	03/15/99	S - Passed/Adopted

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A resolution recognizing and celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the City of Bloomingdale.

SR 266                                             LC 19 4319 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Recognizing and celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of 
  1- 2  the City of Bloomingdale; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, the Town of Bloomingdale was settled in 1840 as a 
  1- 4  development around the Central Georgia Railroad; and 
 
  1- 5  WHEREAS, it was given the name of "Bloomingdale" by railroad 
  1- 6  engineers traveling through the area because of the 
  1- 7  abundance of wildflowers growing along the tracks; and 
 
  1- 8  WHEREAS, the primary sources of income for the town's 
  1- 9  inhabitants were from dairies, farming, and turpentine and 
  1-10  in later years, local farmers would truck their produce into 
  1-11  Savannah to sell; and 
 
  1-12  WHEREAS, on Monday, March 25, 1974, Governor Jimmy Carter 
  1-13  signed the charter declaring the City of Bloomingdale, 
  1-14  Chatham County, Georgia, officially incorporated; and 
 
  1-15  WHEREAS, the City of Bloomingdale has only had two mayors 
  1-16  since its incorporation in 1974; and 
 
  1-17  WHEREAS, Mayor W.E. Taylor served from the city's 
  1-18  incorporation until June 30, 1986, and current Mayor William 
  1-19  C. Strozier took office on July 1, 1986; and 
 
  1-20  WHEREAS, the city's current Mayor Pro Tempore Ronald L. 
  1-21  Waller has served on the city council since incorporation in 
  1-22  1974; and 
 
  1-23  WHEREAS, the residents of Bloomingdale are united by their 
  1-24  love for a beautiful, peaceful, city and by their sense of 
  1-25  shared history which inspires their hopes for the future; 
  1-26  and 
 
  1-27  WHEREAS, this body urges all Georgians to join with the 
  1-28  citizens of Bloomingdale in celebrating this great city's 
  1-29  proud heritage. 
 
  1-30  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the 
  1-31  members of this body recognize the City of Bloomingdale on 
  1-32  the wonderful occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of 
  1-33  the date of its incorporation and share in the spirit of 
  1-34  celebration and community on this special day. 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is 
  2- 2  authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of 
  2- 3  this resolution to the Honorable William C. Strozier, Mayor 
  2- 4  of the City of Bloomingdale. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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