Full Text of HR1242 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE 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 and was later administrative | 12 | | manager of Quintron Corporation in Quincy; he graduated from | 13 | | Quincy College with a bachelor of science degree in business | 14 | | 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 | | filling the Edward Schneidman Industrial Park, being named the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Development Council Developer of the Year in 1991, and | 2 | | serving as the Illinois Development Council President from | 3 | | 1994-1995; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, James Mentesti has worked hard to recruit | 5 | | businesses for his community, such as Blue Cross-Blue Shield, | 6 | | Wis-Pak Bottling Company, Jos. A. Bank, Cullinan Properties, | 7 | | Home Depot, Prince Agri Products, and Fitzpatrick Brothers; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, James Mentesti has had many community leadership | 9 | | roles, serving as charter director of the Community Foundation | 10 | | of the Quincy area, Quincy University Trustee Emeritus, | 11 | | president of the Quincy University Foundation, past president | 12 | | of the Quincy Parks Foundation, board member of the Jackson | 13 | | Lincoln Swimming Complex, past president of the First Tee of | 14 | | Great River, past president of the Kiwanis Club of Quincy, past | 15 | | president of Spring Lake Country Club, board member of the | 16 | | Quincy area Chamber of Commerce, steering committee member of | 17 | | the Salvation Army Kroc Center, and past board member of the | 18 | | Workforce Investment Board of Western Illinois; therefore, be | 19 | | it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 | | we congratulate James Mentesti on his service as president to | 23 | | the Great River Economic Development Foundation and his |
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| 1 | | retirement after 27 years with the foundation; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to James Mentesti as an expression of our esteem and | 5 | | respect.
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