Full Text of HR1486 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate James F. Capraro, | 4 | | the founding Executive Director and CEO of the Greater | 5 | | Southwest Development Corporation, on his retirement; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Capraro retired from the position he has held | 7 | | for 35 years on July 2, 2010; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jim, or "Cappy", is the son of Italian Catholic | 9 | | immigrants, and grew up in Marquette Park; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After witnessing Dr. Martin Luther King's march in | 11 | | Marquette Park, Mr. Capraro made the decision to work in | 12 | | community development; he was involved in organizing an antiwar | 13 | | movement during college; he later took a job with the Southwest | 14 | | Community Congress to work against block busting and redlining, | 15 | | both of which kept blacks out of neighborhoods; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He also advocated for the passage of the Federal | 17 | | Home Mortgage Disclosure and Community Reinvestments Acts, | 18 | | leading him to establish the Greater Southwest Development | 19 | | Corporation in 1976; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, During his time with the Greater Southwest |
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| 1 | | Development Corporation he worked on major development | 2 | | projects, including 3 senior housing projects, the Jewel Osco | 3 | | grocery store, the IMAN health clinic and headquarters, and the | 4 | | rehabilitation of single family properties for first time home | 5 | | buyers; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Under his leadership the Greater Southwest | 7 | | Development Corporation was designated by the National | 8 | | Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation as a national model for | 9 | | commercial revitalization organizations and was selected in | 10 | | 2001 by the Chicago Local Initiatives Support Corporation as a | 11 | | recipient of the Outstanding Community Development | 12 | | Organization award; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Capraro continues to work as the Principal of | 14 | | Capraro Consulting and works across the country for National | 15 | | Local Initiatives Support Corporation, promoting comprehensive | 16 | | community development; therefore, be it | 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | congratulate Jim Capraro for his years of hard work and | 20 | | dedication and wish him the best in his future endeavors; and | 21 | | be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Jim Capraro as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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