Full Text of HR0945 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Berwyn Development Corporation membership | 3 | | selects an individual who best
exemplifies the spirit of one of | 4 | | Berwyn's original developers, Charles E. Piper; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Berwyn Development Corporation recently | 6 | | awarded Eduardo "Eddie" Garcia with the Charles E. Piper Award | 7 | | to honor his achievements and contributions towards the growth | 8 | | and
development of Berwyn's business community; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Eddie Garcia was born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico | 10 | | and is a graduate of St.
Joseph High School; he is a first | 11 | | generation Mexican-American born to proud immigrant
parents, | 12 | | Florencia Rosas and Aristeo E. Garcia; the Garcia family | 13 | | migrated from Mexico City to
the United States in 1989 when | 14 | | Eddie was only five years old; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, A strong work ethic was instilled in Eddie Garcia | 16 | | by his parents at an early age, beginning
with his first job at | 17 | | the age of nine; at 21, he attained his real estate license; he | 18 | | sold his first
property six months later and fell in love with | 19 | | the real estate business; in 2012, he founded
Realty of | 20 | | Chicago, signing his first agent without an office and from his | 21 | | truck at a time when the
market was deteriorating; in 2017, | 22 | | Realty of Chicago closed $126 million in sales and has grown
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| 1 | | over 80 agents with three offices located throughout the | 2 | | Chicagoland area; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Eddie Garcia's core
beliefs all share the idea of | 4 | | the community as a focal point; he believes that "Building a | 5 | | successful
company is great, but building a successful company | 6 | | that can give back is even greater."; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Each year, Eddie Garcia and Realty of Chicago give | 8 | | back to the communities of Berwyn
and Cicero, providing | 9 | | thousands of children with backpacks and school supplies, | 10 | | feeding over
15,000 people on Thanksgiving Day, and providing | 11 | | scholarships to high school graduates; he is proud to announce | 12 | | that in 2018, Realty of Chicago will be expanding their | 13 | | community
programs to all of their offices throughout the | 14 | | Chicagoland area; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | congratulate Eddie Garcia as
on receiving the 33rd Annual | 18 | | Charles E. Piper Award, and look forward to many more years of
| 19 | | his continued success and contributions to the Berwyn | 20 | | community; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Eddie Garcia as a symbol of
our respect and |
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