Full Text of HR0155 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Kessler has dedicated her more than 35 | 3 | | year career to promoting and preserving parks and recreation | 4 | | on the regional, state, and national levels; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Kessler currently serves the community | 6 | | as the executive director of the McHenry County Conservation | 7 | | District; while serving McHenry County, she has overseen many | 8 | | successful endeavors, including a successful $73 million | 9 | | voter-approved referendum, the protection of 5,600 acres of | 10 | | land, the opening of 14 sites with public access and outdoor | 11 | | amenities, the addition of 12 miles of regional trails, the | 12 | | welcoming of over 1 million annual site visitors, and the | 13 | | opening of the Lost Valley Visitor Center, which is the | 14 | | county's first gold-level LEED-certified public building; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Continuing her commitment to McHenry County, | 16 | | Elizabeth Kessler serves as an advisor to the McHenry County | 17 | | Conservation Foundation, sits on the board of Visit McHenry | 18 | | County, and serves as chair of Chicago Wilderness; she is a | 19 | | past member of the board of directors of the Park and | 20 | | Recreation Administration, past president of the National | 21 | | Recreation and Park Association, and past chair of the | 22 | | Illinois Park and Recreation Association; she served as the | 23 | | 2020 chair of the Illinois Park and Recreation Association |
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| 1 | | Forest Preserve and Conservation District Task Force and as a | 2 | | member of the Illinois Association of Conservation and Forest | 3 | | Preserve Districts; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Park and Recreation Association | 5 | | recently honored Elizabeth Kessler with the Robert Artz | 6 | | Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize her decades of service | 7 | | and commitment to parks, recreation, and conservation in | 8 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we congratulate Elizabeth Kessler for receiving the Robert | 12 | | Artz Lifetime Achievement Award and thank her for her many | 13 | | years of promoting conservation in Illinois; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Elizabeth Kessler as a symbol of our esteem and | 16 | | respect.
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