Whereas, Calhoun County more harmoniously encompasses heavy manufacturing and chemical industries, agriculture of corn, cotton, soybeans, catfish, crawfish, shrimp, cattle, and horses, commercial oystering and shrimping, recreational hunting, fishing, sailing, kayaking, birdwatching and sunning, more miles of shoreline, languages spoken and ancestral cultures than any known rural coastal county with so small a population in Texas, the USofA, and probably the world. And
Whereas the time of year when the air is cool and balmy and smells of Texas Mountain Laurel, Spanish bayonets, and Mesquite, as they finish blooming, and the whooping cranes and sand hill cranes are joined by winter Texans heading back to Canada and Minnesota and Texas families on spring break heading to and from the beach driving on I 59 and 35, is a splendid time to enjoy each other’s cultures, cuisines, parade as our favorite, or adopted favorite, ancestor, and welcome visitors from far and near. And
Whereas, we are more likely to remember, and our grandchildren as well as strangers passing through, are more likely to mark their calendars to return and tell others, if the time and place of an All Calhoun County Cultures and Cuisines Parade of Ancestors on Main Street in Port Lavaca, is fixed and easy to recall.
And sinceThe Trust for Historic Preservation ((www.preservationation.org) and other Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) such as the Texas Downtown Association (WWW.texasdowntown.org) and the Kellogg Foundation(www.wkkf.org) are reporting findings that prioritizing support for authentic historic and cultural events to create “vibrancy” on the old main streets of small towns delivers more sustainable economic growth and repopulation to rural America than other approaches, particularly when money is short. And
Whereas organizations and groups can sell tickets and promote traditional and new upcoming events, recruiting more local participation and attendance from out of town by mutually supporting each other at an All Calhoun County Cultures and Cuisines Parade of Ancestors on Port Lavaca Main St to be held every spring on the predictable easy to remember (think of your favorite upcoming event -- P. L. Main St theatre’s Velvet Rabbit, Country Opry, Cinco de Mayo, Sea Drift’s Great Texas Water Safari and Shrimp Fest, Port O Connor’s Warrior’s Weekend , the County Fair, linking sites along The Camino Real and Chihauhau Trails, Steak night at the VFW, Rotary, Lions etc))
Therefore, be it hereby proclaimed by the Commissioner’s Court of Calhoun County (the City Council of Port Lavaca) that
on the 3rd Saturday of March,, 2012 and every 3rd Saturday in March there after,
in the City of Port Lavaca, Texas, on Main Street between Virginia Street and Commerce Street,
the All Calhoun County Cultures and Cuisines Parade of Ancestors shall take place.
Joint Proclamation signed by Judge Michael Pfeifer for Calhoun County Commission and Mayor Jack Whitlow for City of Port Lavaca
February 20 2012
*coincidental with the day in 1685 La Salle and others landed on our fair sand