Full Text of HR1507 94th General Assembly
HR1507 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Lisle is celebrating 50 years of | 3 |
| incorporation in 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Migrants from New England, New York, | 5 |
| Pennsylvania, and Ohio began arriving in 1832; James and Luther | 6 |
| Hatch, two brothers, settled in the area after the Blackhawk | 7 |
| War to began the farming community; in 1835, Alonzo B. | 8 |
| Chatfield suggested naming the area for Lisle, New York; and in | 9 |
| the 1840s, several German-speaking farmers from the Alsace | 10 |
| region of France settled in Lisle; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Lisle township is the oldest settlement in DuPage | 12 |
| County; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, The trains first came through Lisle in 1863 when | 14 |
| the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad finished the tracks | 15 |
| between Chicago and Aurora; fire destroyed the first depot, but | 16 |
| it was rebuilt in 1874; today the depot, the Beaubien Tavern, | 17 |
| and other historic buildings from the past are located in the | 18 |
| Lisle Station Park museum complex; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, In 1901, St. Procopius College and Academy, now | 20 |
| known separately as Benedictine University and Benet Academy, | 21 |
| relocated from Chicago and moved to Lisle; in 1922, Joy Morton, | 22 |
| founder of the Morton Salt Company, formally established an | 23 |
| arboretum for scientific research in horticulture and | 24 |
| agriculture at the northern edge of the city; today the Morton | 25 |
| Arboretum draws over 300,000 visitors to the community each | 26 |
| year and has given it the nickname "Arboretum Village"; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, On June 23, 1956, the incorporation issue was | 28 |
| brought before voters and was approved with 606 citizens voting | 29 |
| for the incorporation of Lisle into a Village; the crossing of | 30 |
| new expressways, Interstates 88 and 355, at Lisle increased its |
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| attractiveness as a residential site for Chicago's commuting | 2 |
| population; between 1970 and 1980, the village's population | 3 |
| increased from 5,329 to 13,625, and, by 2000, Lisle had 21,182 | 4 |
| residents; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Today Lisle is the home to many national | 6 |
| companies; its office parks and technological centers are all | 7 |
| state-of-the-art; the Illinois Research and Development | 8 |
| Corridor, a stretch of I-88 designated for high-tech companies, | 9 |
| includes Lisle, and is located along I-88 and Warrenville Road; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, In 1994, Lisle's great location and its | 12 |
| spectacular hotels helped rank the village as the third most | 13 |
| popular meeting site in Illinois, following only Chicago and | 14 |
| Springfield; Lisle is home to top-rated schools and a large | 15 |
| community park system; the downtown area is thriving and the | 16 |
| people of Lisle are proud of the area they call home; and
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| WHEREAS, The community celebrated its anniversary of | 18 |
| incorporation starting in February of 2006 with the Lisle Area | 19 |
| Chamber of Commerce dinner dance and continued with Nostalgia | 20 |
| Days throughout the summer; the celebration ended in September | 21 |
| with a large community parade; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 24 |
| we congratulate the people of the Village of Lisle on this | 25 |
| landmark date in their rich history; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to the Mayor of the Village of Lisle.
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