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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Chuck Balling, |
4 | | Executive Director of the Glenview Park District, on receiving |
5 | | the 2012 Robert Artz Lifetime Achievement Award; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, The Robert Artz Lifetime Achievement Award is |
7 | | named in honor of Robert Artz, who in 1979, was the newly |
8 | | elected executive director of the Illinois Association of Park |
9 | | Districts; although his life was cut short, his vision for |
10 | | parks, recreation, and conservation lives on; the award is |
11 | | presented to a person whose professionalism, dedication, and |
12 | | commitment have a lasting effect on parks and recreation; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Balling has spent his career devoted to |
14 | | Illinois parks and recreation; in Gurnee, he was instrumental |
15 | | in open space land acquisitions and development of new |
16 | | facilities including a $1.5 million renovation to Viking Park |
17 | | Community Center and development of the award winning Hunt Club |
18 | | Aquatic Center; in Glenview, he led the development of |
19 | | Community Park West, a 95-acre multi-use park, which included |
20 | | securing a $750,000 donation from the Glenview Youth Baseball |
21 | | Association; he negotiated with the Village of Glenview the |
22 | | successful transfer of the 32-acre Kent Fuller Air Station |
23 | | Prairie and Evelyn Tyner Center, a Platinum LEED-certified |