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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to honor Ed Bannon as he steps down as
4Executive Director of the Six Corners Association; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The Six Corners Association has been working to
6transform Six Corners, once the premier shopping district
7outside of the Loop, into an arts and culture mecca in an
8effort to reverse decades of decline and to fill empty
9storefronts; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Ed Bannon helped set-up the Six Corners Special
11Service Area, which levies a tax on businesses to pay for
12economic development initiatives such as beautification
13projects and marketing efforts; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Ed Bannon's efforts helped bring new life to the
15once-glamorous shopping district and is a huge part of why 20
16new businesses opened at Six Corners in 2014; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19honor Ed Bannon as he steps down as Executive Director of the
20Six Corners Association and wish him the best in all his future
21endeavors; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to Ed Bannon as an expression of our esteem and
3respect.