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92_SJ0021 SRS92SJ0010GHsp 1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The Boeing Company has announced its decision to 3 relocate its corporate headquarters from Seattle, where it 4 has been located for 85 years; and 5 WHEREAS, In relocating its headquarters, the Boeing 6 Company is seeking access to global markets, cultural 7 diversity, and a strong, pro-business environment; and 8 WHEREAS, The Boeing Company has identified the Chicago 9 metropolitan area as one of the 3 sites being considered for 10 its new world headquarters; and 11 WHEREAS, The Boeing Company will be working with the 12 Governor and the General Assembly through the Department of 13 Commerce and Community Affairs; and 14 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area is the number one 15 transportation hub in the United States, offering rail, air, 16 and highway systems that criss-cross the nation and the 17 world, with non-stop air service to 143 domestic destinations 18 and 43 international destinations, offering access to growth 19 opportunities around the globe; and 20 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area is home to 67 21 Consuls General, 1,500 foreign-owned companies and hosts more 22 trade shows with international participants than any other 23 area of the country; and 24 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area's world-class 25 cultural richness not only shows in its multifaceted 26 recreational opportunities, but also in its well-educated 27 workforce and high quality of life; and 28 WHEREAS, Illinois is home to 37 Fortune 500 companies, 29 the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 30 the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Midwest Stock -2- SRS92SJ0010GHsp 1 Exchange, and some of the world's greatest financial 2 institutions; and 3 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area is home to 2 of 4 the nation's best MBA programs at Northwestern University and 5 the University of Chicago, and Illinois graduates more than 6 3,400 engineering students from its universities annually; 7 and 8 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area is a hotbed for 9 research and development, with Argonne and Fermilab research 10 labs, the I-88 Tech Corridor, Abbott Laboratories, Baxter 11 International, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, the Chicago Tech 12 Park, the DuPage Research Park, and the Illinois Medical 13 Center District, along with world-class institutions of 14 learning; and 15 WHEREAS, Chicago was recently named the "third-best" 16 business city in the country by Fortune magazine; and 17 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area is politically, 18 culturally, and economically diverse making it a premier 19 location for the Boeing Company's new world headquarters; 20 therefore, be it 21 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL 22 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF 23 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, That we strongly support 24 and encourage the Boeing Company to re-locate its corporate 25 headquarters to the Chicago metropolitan area; and be it 26 further 27 RESOLVED, That we urge the Department of Commerce and 28 Community Affairs to help facilitate this re-location by 29 aggressively assisting the Boeing Company in its relocation 30 planning; and be it further 31 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be -3- SRS92SJ0010GHsp 1 delivered to the Governor and the Director of Commerce and 2 Community Affairs.