Full Text of HR0213 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, David Sidney has passionately served the Rockford | 3 | | community for the last 14 years, including the past 3 years as | 4 | | the executive director of Transform Rockford; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Sidney has been instrumental in | 6 | | strategizing, planning, and implementing projects to drive | 7 | | community improvement and make transformative change to | 8 | | benefit Rockfordians; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, David Sidney has overseen successful initiatives, | 10 | | including Ready to Learn, a collaboration of community | 11 | | resources to enhance kindergarten readiness, Great | 12 | | Neighborhoods, a program helping residents identify strengths | 13 | | in their area and work together to improve their surroundings, | 14 | | and launching the Community Scorecard, a tool designed to | 15 | | measure Rockford's success in becoming a "Top 25" community by | 16 | | 2025; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, David Sidney has helped guide the community to | 18 | | better outcomes; in 2021, he was able to report that Rockford | 19 | | has made gains in college degree attainment, mental health | 20 | | services, the reduction of property crime, and the reduction | 21 | | of poverty; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, David Sidney has led Transform Rockford's | 2 | | collaboration both on local initiatives, including the Family | 3 | | Peace Center to combat human trafficking and support domestic | 4 | | violence survivors, and with national partners, including | 5 | | Bridges Out of Poverty to enhance knowledge of the effects of | 6 | | poverty; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, David Sidney has served his community by donating | 8 | | his time as an Alignment Rockford Operating Board Member, a | 9 | | Klehm Arboretum & Botanical Gardens Planning Committee Member, | 10 | | a Rockford Mass Transit District Board of Trustees Member, and | 11 | | in many other ways; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, On May 31, 2021, David Sidney will end his tenure | 13 | | as executive director of Transform Rockford; he is leaving | 14 | | behind an impressive legacy of improvement for the Rockford | 15 | | community; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we commend David Sidney for his service and dedication to the | 19 | | Rockford community and wish him happiness and great success in | 20 | | his future efforts; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to David Sidney as a symbol of our esteem and |
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