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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating
3impact on many Illinois small and local businesses, including
4forcing hundreds of thousands of them to shut down; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The small and local businesses that have managed
6to survived have faced incredible hardships; and
 
7    WHEREAS, All business owners are acutely feeling the
8impact on their mental well being and their ability to
9maintain work-life balance as a result of navigating
10pandemic-related disruptions and fluctuating mandates across
11the country for the past year; and
 
12    WHEREAS, As noted, small and local businesses have been
13hard hit by the pandemic, but their health has been on the
14mend; smaller establishments have rehired most of the workers,
15which they had to let go earlier in the pandemic, and many
16indicators of their financial well being have improved; the
17economy has reopened, and changing consumer demand is creating
18new challenges and new opportunities; and
 
19    WHEREAS, The small and local business owners in Illinois
20are inventive and resilient and deserve to be honored for
21such; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The Best of Bolingbrook Awards and Gala 2022 is
2hosted by the Bolingbrook Chamber of Commerce and Mayor
3Alexander-Basta and has selected local business to honor this
4year because of their importance to the economy and community;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, The fitting theme for Best of Bolingbrook Awards
7and Gala 2022 is The 1950s: Era of Recovery, Business &
8Innovation; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The 2022 Best of Bolingbrook Award winners are
10Marquette Bank, Giamanco Law Partners, Ltd., Ted's Montana
11Grill, ATI Physical Therapy, Bolingbrook STEM Association,
12IKEA Bolingbrook, West Liberty Foods, and Alpha Media 95.9 The
13River; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
15HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16we congratulate the 2022 Best of Bolingbrook Award winners for
17their resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic; and be it
18further
 
19    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
20presented to the Marquette Bank, Giamanco Law Partners, Ltd.,
21Ted's Montana Grill, ATI Physical Therapy, Bolingbrook STEM

 

 

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1Association, IKEA Bolingbrook, West Liberty Foods, and Alpha
2Media 95.9 The River as a symbol of our esteem and respect.