Bill Text: IL HJR0053 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares March 1, 2019 as "Highland Park Sesquicentennial Day" in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-23 - Resolution Adopted [HJR0053 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0053-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The City of Highland Park was granted a charter by | ||||||
| 3 | the General Assembly in
March of 1869; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Highland Park was the fourth North Shore Community | ||||||
| 5 | to receive a
charter; since its inception, it has grown from | ||||||
| 6 | 1,154 citizens in 1880 to nearly 30,000 in 2018; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Highland Park is under the leadership of Mayor | ||||||
| 8 | Nancy Rotering, the first
female mayor of Highland Park, and | ||||||
| 9 | City Council Members, Anthony E. Blumberg, Michelle
Holleman, | ||||||
| 10 | Daniel A. Kaufman, Alyssa Knobel, Kim Stone, and Adam Stolberg; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Highland Park boasts a vibrant downtown district | ||||||
| 13 | supportive of small
businesses, amazing restaurants, and | ||||||
| 14 | walkable outdoor shopping accessible to all its residents
and | ||||||
| 15 | visitors; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Highland Park is consistently rated one of the | ||||||
| 17 | best places to live in
Illinois, including a 2018 top 20 | ||||||
| 18 | ranking as one of the Best Small Towns in America, a 2018 top
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| 19 | five ranking as one of the Top Lakefront "Beach Towns" in | ||||||
| 20 | America, and a 2018 ranking as one
of the One Hundred Safest | ||||||
| 21 | Cities in America; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Highland Park is a leader in the protection and | ||||||
| 2 | preservation of green
spaces, culturally significant places, | ||||||
| 3 | and historical landmarks, including the Ravinia Festival, the
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| 4 | Willits House by Frank Lloyd Wright, and several parks designed | ||||||
| 5 | by landscape architect Jens
Jensen; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Highland Park is home to prominent cultural and | ||||||
| 7 | civic leaders including
Elisha Grey, the developer of the | ||||||
| 8 | telephone prototype, Dr. John Grunsfeld, a physicist and
NASA | ||||||
| 9 | astronaut who participate in five space shuttle missions, and | ||||||
| 10 | Rachel Brosnahan, an Emmy
Award-winning actress; therefore, be | ||||||
| 11 | it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 14 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare March 1, 2019 as | ||||||
| 15 | "Highland Park Sesquicentennial Day" in the State of Illinois; | ||||||
| 16 | and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering as a symbol of | ||||||
| 19 | our respect and esteem.
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