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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Dave Krahn, an Oswego Village Board Trustee and
3 founding director of the Oswego Economic Development
4 Corporation Board, has retired; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mr. Krahn served on the Village Board of Trustees
6 from 1993 to 1997 and 1999 to 2005; during his first term, he
7 founded the Oswego Economic Development Corporation (OEDC),
8 which opened for business on March 1, 1996; he served as
9 Chairman of the OEDC Board of Directors from 1996 to 1997 and
10 2000 to 2004; during his tenure as OEDC Chairman, Oswego became
11 a regional retail destination with the development of Oswego
12 Commons, a 500,000-square-foot shopping center; many national
13 retailers and restaurants have selected sites in Oswego, and
14 several other shopping centers on Route 34 and on Orchard Road
15 are now under construction; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Also during his tenure, the redevelopment of
17 downtown Oswego was begun, including the development of a new
18 downtown comprehensive plan; several downtown projects have
19 been completed or are under construction, including Washington
20 Place, the first new commercial building built in Oswego in two
21 decades; the village also saw the build out of its largest
22 business park and the second phase of another business park;
23 several other significant projects were completed during his
24 tenure, including the 112,000-square-foot Anfinsen Assembly
25 facility and the 25,000-square-foot Dreyer Medical Clinic
26 building; and
 
27     WHEREAS, In 2003, the OEDC launched the Oswego Visitors
28 Bureau, which promotes visitors to the community; last year,
29 AmericInn Lodge & Suites became the second hotel to open in
30 Oswego; Mr. Krahn is still active in the OEDC and currently
31 chairs the OEDC's capital campaign, which is raising funds for
32 the OEDC's new office space in downtown Oswego; he also serves

 

 

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1 as a member of the Oswego Visitors Bureau Advisory Board; and
 
2     WHEREAS, He is a lifelong resident of Oswego; he and his
3 wife, Peggy, own Fox Valley Trophy in downtown Oswego; they are
4 both very active in the community; therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we congratulate Dave Krahn on the occasion of his retirement as
8 founding director of the Oswego Economic Development
9 Corporation Board, and we thank him for his service on the
10 Oswego Village Board of Trustees; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to Mr. Krahn as an expression of our esteem.