Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, second from left, presented the LGBTQ Business Month proclamation to chamber officers (from left) Immediate Past Board Chair LGBT Chamber Foundation Chair Clint Thomson, Board Chair Legislative Affairs Chair Gary Sanchez and President and CEO Tony Vedda.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson issued a formal proclamation during the Dallas City Council Briefing on Wednesday, Sept. 1, declaring September to be LGBTQ Business Month in Dallas.
Mayor Pro Tem — and North Texas Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Chamber of Commerce member — Chad West read them proclamation aloud at the meeting.
Tony Vedda, the chamber’s president and CEO, explained that the chamber had asked for the proclamation to help highlight the economic