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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Jeanette | ||||||
| 4 | Chavarria-Torres, president of DCH Construction & Hauling in | ||||||
| 5 | Franklin Park, for being recognized with the Roberto Orozco | ||||||
| 6 | Memorial Award from the Illinois Department of Transportation; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Roberto Orozco Memorial Award, formerly known | ||||||
| 9 | as Advocate of the Year and Champion of the Year, was named | ||||||
| 10 | after the late Roberto Orozco for personifying the values of | ||||||
| 11 | "advocate", "champion", and "above and beyond" as it relates | ||||||
| 12 | to participation in IDOT's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise | ||||||
| 13 | program; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Jeanette Chavarria-Torres started DCH | ||||||
| 15 | Construction & Hauling as a college senior and single mother; | ||||||
| 16 | the company, which moves dirt, gravel, and sand to | ||||||
| 17 | construction sites, grew from $50,000 in revenue to $1.3 | ||||||
| 18 | million in 2017, which places her in an exclusive club: fewer | ||||||
| 19 | than two percent of U.S. businesses owned by women break the $1 | ||||||
| 20 | million mark; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Jeanette Chavarria-Torres became involved in the | ||||||
| 22 | industry at an early age; her father also owned a trucking | ||||||
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| 1 | business but faced challenges due to his language barrier as a | ||||||
| 2 | native Spanish speaker; she says that as a 10-year-old girl | ||||||
| 3 | she helped him complete his paperwork, which progressed into a | ||||||
| 4 | passion for trucking as she grew older; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jeanette Chavarria-Torres used her savings to buy | ||||||
| 6 | the "dinkiest" trailer, in her words, and spent three years | ||||||
| 7 | pitching herself to contractors before finally landing a job; | ||||||
| 8 | she credits her persistence and honesty for the start of her | ||||||
| 9 | success; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Jeanette Chavarria-Torres hopes her story | ||||||
| 11 | motivates others to pursue business ventures despite the | ||||||
| 12 | difficulties; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 14 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we congratulate Jeanette Chavarria-Torres, president of DCH | ||||||
| 16 | Construction & Hauling, for being recognized with the Roberto | ||||||
| 17 | Orozco Memorial Award from the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 18 | Transportation; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Jeanette Chavarria-Torres as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 21 | respect and esteem.
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