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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Rich in history and soundly connected to Hoffman
3 Estates, Lakewood Homes will be celebrating the opening of
4 their new corporate offices at 2700 W. Higgins in Hoffman
5 Estates on Friday, May 9, 2003; and
6 WHEREAS, In 1922, Sam Hoffman, immigrated to the United
7 States from Russia, and in 1947, he and his son, Jack, formed
8 F&S (Father & Son) Construction in Phoenix; and
9 WHEREAS, In 1954, a local farmer in Cook County, Illinois
10 sold his 160-acre farm - now known as Parcel A - to Sam and
11 Jack Hoffman for the construction of Hoffman Estates
12 Subdivision, and in 1955, the first homeowners began to move
13 in; and
14 WHEREAS, On September 19, 1959, residents voted to
15 incorporate as the Village of Hoffman Estates, and the
16 charter was issued on September 23, 1959, with a population
17 of about 8,000 and an incorporated area just under three
18 square miles; and
19 WHEREAS, Jack Hoffman and his partner, Bob Rosner, moved
20 to the Chicago area in 1957 to form Hoffman-Rosner Homes, and
21 years later Jack's son, Buz, joined the family business; and
22 WHEREAS, Lakewood Homes was established in 1990 by Buz
23 Hoffman after working 16 years in the family business, and
24 was the result of his desire to provide quality homes in good
25 neighborhoods with good schools at affordable prices; and
26 WHEREAS, Lakewood Homes was recipient of the "J.D. Power
27 and Associates Award for Customer Satisfaction", among all
28 major Chicagoland homebuilders, for two consecutive years and
29 has been named "Builder of the Year" twice by the Chicago
30 Sun-Times; in addition, Lakewood Homes enjoys one of the
31 highest employee retention rates in the industry; and
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1 WHEREAS, We recognize the outstanding contributions
2 Lakewood Homes and the Hoffman family have made to the
3 Village of Hoffman Estates, and we congratulate them on the
4 opening of their new corporate offices; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we proclaim Friday, May 9, 2003 as Lakewood Homes Day in
8 honor of Lakewood Homes and the Hoffman family; and be it
9 further
10 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to Buz Hoffman as an expression of our esteem.
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