Full Text of HR0751 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Bloomingdale Public Library is celebrating | 3 | | its 40th
anniversary on June 9, 2015; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In January of 1974, the Village of Bloomingdale | 5 | | established the "Friends of the Library" to
promote a library | 6 | | for Bloomingdale; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, On June 9, 1975, the library was dedicated and | 8 | | opened its doors with a
collection of 4,500 adult and juvenile | 9 | | books, a staff of 3, and over 30 volunteers
providing 28 hours | 10 | | of service each week; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Within 6 months, the library was selected as an | 12 | | "All-Star Library" by
the Illinois Library Association; | 13 | | statewide, only 4 libraries were so honored that
year; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, As Bloomingdale continued to grow, so did its need | 15 | | for expanded library
services; on May 3, 1981, ground was | 16 | | broken for a 20,000 square foot library
building; its doors | 17 | | opened on July 15, 1982; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, A 6-year study was conducted which led to the | 19 | | creation of a building
project designed to meet a 20-year plan | 20 | | for library services to the community; plans
were made to |
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| 1 | | expand and remodel the library and improve services, and on
| 2 | | September 7, 1995, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the | 3 | | new addition;
construction was completed in November of 1996 | 4 | | and a grand "reopening" reception was held on December 1, 1996; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The library continued to improve patron services | 7 | | in 2013 by dedicating a
new area of the library designated as | 8 | | "The Think Tank" quiet zone, and reconfiguring
the lower level | 9 | | to better serve the children of Bloomingdale; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The library was selected as a "best library" in a | 11 | | user poll conducted by
West Suburban Living magazine for 2 | 12 | | years running; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The library continued to improve services to | 14 | | Bloomingdale teens with
the creation of an innovative new teen | 15 | | space and created a New Materials area for
adults in April of | 16 | | 2015; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | congratulate the Bloomingdale Public Library on the occasion of | 20 | | its 40th anniversary; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of the resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the Bloomingdale
Public Library.
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