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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND THANKING REPRESENTATIVE STEVEN J. LIMA FOR HIS SERVICE

TO THE PEOPLE OF WOONSOCKET AND THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Phillips, Casey, Filippi,
Kennedy, Hawkins, Cardillo, Marszalkowski, and Amore

     Date Introduced: June 23, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Representative Lima was born and raised in the City of Woonsocket and is a

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graduate of Woonsocket High School. He founded and serves as President of Future Com Ltd., a

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Woonsocket-based telecommunications company and is creating an entertainment complex in a

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former mill within the City; and

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     WHEREAS, Steven Lima has spent much of his adult life in service to the people of

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Woonsocket. In 2018 through 2019, he was a member of the Woonsocket School Committee,

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and had previously served as acting Director of the City of Woonsocket Planning and

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Development. In addition, he previously served as a project manager with Comcast, was

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President of the Woonsocket Taxpayer Coalition, and was a member of the Main Street

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Riverfront Initiative; and

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     WHEREAS, In November of 2020, the Honorable Steven Lima was elected to the Rhode

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Island House of Representatives in District 49 which encompasses neighborhoods in the City of

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Woonsocket; and

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     WHEREAS, As a Freshman legislator, the Representative Lima has been a member of

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the House Corporations Committee and the House Municipal Government and Housing

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Committee; and

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     WHEREAS, Representative Lima has improved the lives of many people through his

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diligent efforts on behalf of his constituency and the citizens of this state, and he will be greatly

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missed in the House Chamber; now, therefore be it

 

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

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honors Representative Steven Lima as he concludes his service in the Rhode Island House of

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Representatives. We thank him for a job well done, and extend our sincere wishes for his

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continued health, happiness, and success; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Steven J. Lima.

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