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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Locally owned businesses make a welcome |
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contribution to the distinct character of their communities, and |
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Edible Art Specialty Cakes and Cookies of Longview is celebrating |
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its 10th anniversary on May 1, 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, Edible Art's founder, Debbie Fontaine, earned a |
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bachelor's degree in business administration and worked in the |
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corporate world for 17 years before launching her own bakery |
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business by making custom cakes and cookies out of her home; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Fontaine's enterprise took off when she made |
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more than 600 swan cookies for the Longview Ballet's production of |
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Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake; as orders began flooding in, family and |
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friends helped her with the baking, and Ms. Fontaine began looking |
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for a roomier location than her home kitchen; and |
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WHEREAS, Since May 2007, Edible Art has operated out of the |
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former "It'll Do" Tavern on South Street in Longview, and it has |
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become popular for its distinctive creations and for its policy of |
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giving a free Texas-shaped cookie to anyone who comes through the |
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door; the business also regularly delivers cakes and cookies to the |
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nearby headquarters of the Longview Police Department as a gesture |
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of support; Edible Art is becoming better known outside of Longview |
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as well, and in February 2017, the shop was ranked sixth in a list of |
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the top 10 bakeries in Texas by the website bestthingstx.com; and |
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WHEREAS, For 10 years, Edible Art Specialty Cakes and Cookies |
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has been a valued member of the Longview business community, and it |
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is truly deserving of recognition on this special occasion; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Edible Art Specialty Cakes and |
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Cookies on its 10th anniversary and extend to Ms. Fontaine and her |
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staff sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the business as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |