Full Text of HJR0099 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate James E. Mentesti on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement after 27 years of service to the | 5 | | Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Mentesti has been helping business grow in | 7 | | Quincy and Adams County since 1986; he serves as director of | 8 | | the Rural Adams Development Corporation and is a member of the | 9 | | 35-county Tri-State Development Steering Committee; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, James Mentesti served as director of development | 11 | | for 11 years at Quincy College (now Quincy University) and was | 12 | | later administrative manager of Quintron Corporation in | 13 | | Quincy; he graduated from Quincy College with a bachelor of | 14 | | science degree in business management; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, James Mentesti's major accomplishments as GREDF | 16 | | president include: the retention of Knapheide Manufacturing | 17 | | after the flood of 1993, the Teska Study for Downtown | 18 | | Development, the East Broadway Corridor Study, creation of the | 19 | | Tri-State Development Summit, several quality of life | 20 | | initiatives, creation of the Rural Adams Development | 21 | | Corporation, development of the Adams County GIS System, | 22 | | procuring industries to locate in the Edward Schneidman |
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| 1 | | Industrial Park, being named the Illinois Development Council | 2 | | Developer of the Year in 1991, and serving as the Illinois | 3 | | Development Council President from 1994-1995; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, James Mentesti has worked tirelessly to recruit | 5 | | businesses for his community, including Blue Cross-Blue | 6 | | Shield, Wis-Pak Bottling Company, Jos. A. Bank, Cullinan | 7 | | Properties, Home Depot, Prince Agri Products, and Fitzpatrick | 8 | | Brothers; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, James Mentesti has had many community leadership | 10 | | roles, serving as charter director of the Community Foundation | 11 | | of the Quincy area, Quincy University Trustee Emeritus, | 12 | | president of the Quincy University Foundation, past president | 13 | | of the Quincy Parks Foundation, board member of the Jackson | 14 | | Lincoln Swimming Complex, past president of the First Tee of | 15 | | Great River, past president of the Kiwanis Club of Quincy, past | 16 | | president of Spring Lake Country Club, board member of the | 17 | | Quincy area Chamber of Commerce, steering committee member of | 18 | | the Salvation Army Kroc Center, and past board member of the | 19 | | Workforce Investment Board of Western Illinois; therefore, be | 20 | | it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 23 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate James Mentesti |
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| 1 | | on his service as president to the Great River Economic | 2 | | Development Foundation and his retirement after 27 years with | 3 | | the foundation; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to James Mentesti as an expression of our esteem and | 6 | | respect.
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