Full Text of SR0644 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate the Gail Borden Public Library District on the | 4 | | occasion of its 150th anniversary; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, After the Illinois legislature passed the Free | 6 | | Library Act on March 7, 1872, the Elgin community was the first | 7 | | in the State to vote "yes" to create a public library, opening | 8 | | the Elgin Library in 1874 in a building located where the Tower | 9 | | Building now stands; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The Elgin Library moved to a home fitting the | 11 | | city's growing stature in the early 1890s when Alfred and | 12 | | Samuel Church donated a mansion at Spring Street and Highland | 13 | | Avenue for its use with the only proviso that it be renamed the | 14 | | Gail Borden Public Library after their stepfather, who made | 15 | | his fortune by inventing a new way to condense milk and built | 16 | | the Elgin Milk Condensing Co. in the city because it was where | 17 | | his second wife once lived; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The Gail Borden Public Library remained at 50 | 19 | | North Spring Street until the early 1970s, when the Gail | 20 | | Borden Public Library District was created and a new library | 21 | | was built at the southwest corner of Kimball Street and Grove | 22 | | Avenue; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, As the community grew, so did demand for the Gail | 2 | | Borden Public Library District's services; the library | 3 | | district's current downtown facility opened at 270 North Grove | 4 | | Avenue, across from its prior location, in October 2003; the | 5 | | Rakow Branch on Bowes Road in Elgin followed in August 2009, | 6 | | and the South Elgin Branch on South McLean Boulevard opened in | 7 | | July 2016; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The Gail Borden Public Library District serves | 9 | | 149,907 residents in Elgin, South Elgin, and portions of | 10 | | Hoffman Estates, Streamwood, and Bartlett, with 60.5% of | 11 | | residents being cardholders, making it the second largest | 12 | | library district in Illinois for population served; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Gail Borden Public Library District has | 14 | | received a number of awards, including the 2009 National Medal | 15 | | for Museum and Library Services, the nation's highest | 16 | | recognition for American libraries, and being named the 2010 | 17 | | Elgin Hispanic Network Organization of the Year; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The Gail Borden Public Library Foundation is | 19 | | hosting a kick-off event to the library district's 150th | 20 | | anniversary celebration at its downtown location on December | 21 | | 8, 2023; the library district will be holding various programs | 22 | | and presentations throughout the year to commemorate the |
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| 1 | | sesquicentennial; therefore, be it | 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the | 4 | | Gail Borden Public Library District on its 150th anniversary, | 5 | | and we wish the library district continued success in its | 6 | | endeavors to best serve its community and visitors; and be it | 7 | | further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the Gail Borden Public Library District as an | 10 | | expression of our esteem and respect. |
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