[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E86-E87]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND RETIREMENT OF GAIL STOLL PATTON

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                          HON. CAROL D. MILLER

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 27, 2020

  Mrs. MILLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Gail Stoll 
Patton, who is retiring from her position as Executive Director of 
Unlimited Future Inc. Mrs. Patton has been involved in the start-up of 
many small businesses in the Greater Huntington region. She is a 
visionary, a dreamer and has left quite a legacy behind for others to 
enact. She is a friend.
   Mrs. Patton is truly a dedicated community member whose work has 
sought to significantly benefit the life in Southern West Virginia and 
the Tri-State Region surrounding Huntington. She is happily married to 
her husband Paul, and they own their own business, Top Hat Ballroom, a 
social ballroom dance studio. She also has two daughters, Phoebe and 
Lydia and two grandsons.
   Mrs. Patton has devoted much of her life to ensuring the success of 
small businesses, especially those operated by women and people of 
color. In 2018, she was instrumental in securing a $1 million grant 
from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to 
increase economic opportunities in the Tri-State area. This grant went 
toward improving the economy of 100 local communities.
   Mrs. Patton has proven time and time again that she is a true asset 
to Huntington and the Mountain State. She helped lead the creation of 
The Wild Ramp, a year-round, non-profit farmers market-based in 
Huntington, West Virginia. It has already helped support countless 
local farmers and producers and revitalize the economy in the Central 
City District. It is because of people like Mrs. Patton who make me 
proud to represent West Virginia's Third Congressional District. Madam 
Speaker, I would like to again formally recognize Mrs. Patton for this 
momentous achievement. I ask you and my colleagues to join me in 
sending her gratitude and best wishes upon her retirement.

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