Full Text of HR0497 95th General Assembly
HR0497 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, 2007 is the 35th anniversary of the Chicago | 3 |
| Botanic Garden; and
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago Botanic Garden is located at 1000 Lake | 5 |
| Cook Road in Glencoe, is owned by the Forest Preserve District | 6 |
| of Cook County, and is managed by the Chicago Horticultural | 7 |
| Society; and
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago Horticultural Society was founded in | 9 |
| 1890; the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and the | 10 |
| Chicago Horticultural Society partnered in 1963; | 11 |
| groundbreaking ceremonies for the Chicago Botanic Garden took | 12 |
| place in 1965, and the Chicago Botanic Garden opened to the | 13 |
| public in 1972; and
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| WHEREAS, The 385-acre Chicago Botanic Garden has grown to | 15 |
| include 23 display gardens with almost 2.4 million plants and | 16 |
| three native habitats, uniquely situated on nine islands | 17 |
| surrounded by lakes; and
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The Chicago Botanic Garden has developed into a | 19 |
| preeminent center for learning and scientific research that | 20 |
| offers more than 500 courses, including graduate and | 21 |
| undergraduate level classes in plant sciences in collaboration |
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| with some of the region's foremost universities; courses are | 2 |
| taught by leading scientists and teachers in the fields of | 3 |
| plant biology, conservation and horticulture; these learning | 4 |
| opportunities combined with the Garden's extensive outreach | 5 |
| programming, tell the important story of plants to children, | 6 |
| college students, educators, professionals, gardeners, land | 7 |
| managers, policymakers and the civic, corporate, and | 8 |
| philanthropic community; and
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago Botanic Garden welcomed 760,000 | 10 |
| visitors in 2006, the second most-visited garden in the United | 11 |
| States, and membership reached 47,000, the largest membership | 12 |
| of any botanical garden in the nation; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| congratulate the many staff members and volunteers involved in | 16 |
| the operations of the Chicago Botanic Garden for celebrating 35 | 17 |
| years of fulfilling its mission, in collections, beauty, | 18 |
| education, research, and conservation; the Garden, as a center | 19 |
| for teaching and research, dedicates its collections and | 20 |
| professional expertise to serving the needs of the world-wide | 21 |
| community and contributing to the understanding of the plant | 22 |
| world; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| presented to William J. Hagenah, Chairman of the Board of | 2 |
| Directors of the Chicago Horticultural Society, and Barbara | 3 |
| Whitney Carr, President and CEO of the Chicago Botanic Garden.
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