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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate the citizens of 
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Lincolnshire as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 
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incorporation of the Village on August 5, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Lincolnshire was originally a subdivision, 
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developed by Ladd Enterprises, who also donated Spring Lake 
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Park and a small pond to the Village; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Residents who moved into Vernon Township near Half 
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Day between 1955 and 1957 voted for incorporation on August 5, 
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1957; 76 of the residents voted for incorporation, and 15 voted 
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against; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Fred Balzer was elected the first mayor; the 
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population census showed 309 people living in the Village in 
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1957; the population today stands at over 6,000 residents; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Other facts about Lincolnshire include the 
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establishment of a police department in 1971; Marriott's 
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Lincolnshire resort opening in 1975; the approval of home rule 
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by election referendum in 1975; the annexation of Lincolnshire 
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Woods, the first residential development, in 1977; the 
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annexation of a 46-acre Corporate Center in 1980; and the 
 


 






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construction of the Public Works Facility in 1986; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Village of Lincolnshire continued to grow with 
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the construction of Lincolnshire Village Hall in 1993; the 
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creation of a TIF district in 1989, which led to the 
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development of the Village Green retail center in 1995; the 
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annexation of  65-acres of land, leading to the creation of 
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North Park in 1999; and the approval of the  annexation of land 
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for the construction of Sedgebrook Retirement Community in 
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2003; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate the Village administrators and citizens of 
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Lincolnshire as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 
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incorporation of the Village; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the Mayor of Lincolnshire, Brett Blomberg, as a 
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symbol of our esteem.