Full Text of HR0633 94th General Assembly
HR0633 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Dave Krahn, an Oswego Village Board Trustee and | 3 |
| founding director of the Oswego Economic Development | 4 |
| Corporation Board, has retired; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Krahn served on the Village Board of Trustees | 6 |
| from 1993 to 1997 and 1999 to 2005; during his first term, he | 7 |
| founded the Oswego Economic Development Corporation (OEDC), | 8 |
| which opened for business on March 1, 1996; he served as | 9 |
| Chairman of the OEDC Board of Directors from 1996 to 1997 and | 10 |
| 2000 to 2004; during his tenure as OEDC Chairman, Oswego became | 11 |
| a regional retail destination with the development of Oswego | 12 |
| Commons, a 500,000-square-foot shopping center; many national | 13 |
| retailers and restaurants have selected sites in Oswego, and | 14 |
| several other shopping centers on Route 34 and on Orchard Road | 15 |
| are now under construction; and
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| WHEREAS, Also during his tenure, the redevelopment of | 17 |
| downtown Oswego was begun, including the development of a new | 18 |
| downtown comprehensive plan; several downtown projects have | 19 |
| been completed or are under construction, including Washington | 20 |
| Place, the first new commercial building built in Oswego in two | 21 |
| decades; the village also saw the build out of its largest | 22 |
| business park and the second phase of another business park; | 23 |
| several other significant projects were completed during his | 24 |
| tenure, including the 112,000-square-foot Anfinsen Assembly | 25 |
| facility and the 25,000-square-foot Dreyer Medical Clinic | 26 |
| building; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2003, the OEDC launched the Oswego Visitors | 28 |
| Bureau, which promotes visitors to the community; last year, | 29 |
| AmericInn Lodge & Suites became the second hotel to open in | 30 |
| Oswego;
Mr. Krahn is still active in the OEDC and currently | 31 |
| chairs the OEDC's capital campaign, which is raising funds for | 32 |
| the OEDC's new office space in downtown Oswego; he also serves |
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| as a member of the Oswego Visitors Bureau Advisory Board; and
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| WHEREAS, He is a lifelong resident of Oswego; he and his | 3 |
| wife, Peggy, own Fox Valley Trophy in downtown Oswego; they are | 4 |
| both very active in the community; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 |
| we congratulate Dave Krahn on the occasion of his retirement as | 8 |
| founding director of the Oswego Economic Development | 9 |
| Corporation Board, and we thank him for his service on the | 10 |
| Oswego Village Board of Trustees; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to Mr. Krahn as an expression of our esteem.
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