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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Raynor Garage Doors, located in Dixon, was |
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| recently honored as the Illinois Family Business of the Year by |
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| the Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center; the |
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| 61-year-old company won the award in the large business |
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| category for companies having 250 or more employees; the award |
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| recognizes Illinois-based family businesses that demonstrate a |
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| strong commitment to both business and family; and
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| WHEREAS, Raynor Garage Door employs over 800 people; among |
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| the factors considered for the award were positive |
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| family/business linkage, multi-generational family business |
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| involvement, contributions to industry and community, and |
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| innovative family business practices and strategies; and
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| WHEREAS, Raynor Garage Doors began in 1944 in Quincy, when |
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| Bill Norberg and Ray Neisewander began manufacturing sectional |
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| overhead-type garage doors; the company moved to Dixon in 1946; |
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| today, Raynor has 600 independent distributors throughout the |
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| United States, Canada, and 60 other countries around the world; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, In recognition of this honor, Dixon Mayor Jim |
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| Burke signed a proclamation declaring December 8th as "Raynor |
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| Garage Door Day"; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate Raynor Garage Doors of Dixon on being named |
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| Illinois Family Business of the Year by the Loyola University |
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| Chicago Family Business Center; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Raynor Garage Doors as an expression of our |
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| esteem.
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