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1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Boeing Company has announced its decision to
3 relocate its corporate headquarters from Seattle, where it
4 has been located for 85 years; and
5 WHEREAS, In relocating its headquarters, the Boeing
6 Company is seeking access to global markets, cultural
7 diversity, and a strong, pro-business environment; and
8 WHEREAS, The Boeing Company has identified the Chicago
9 metropolitan area as one of the 3 sites being considered for
10 its new world headquarters; and
11 WHEREAS, The Boeing Company will be working with the
12 Governor and the General Assembly through the Department of
13 Commerce and Community Affairs; and
14 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area is the number one
15 transportation hub in the United States, offering rail, air,
16 and highway systems that criss-cross the nation and the
17 world, with non-stop air service to 143 domestic destinations
18 and 43 international destinations, offering access to growth
19 opportunities around the globe; and
20 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area is home to 67
21 Consuls General, 1,500 foreign-owned companies and hosts more
22 trade shows with international participants than any other
23 area of the country; and
24 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area's world-class
25 cultural richness not only shows in its multifaceted
26 recreational opportunities, but also in its well-educated
27 workforce and high quality of life; and
28 WHEREAS, Illinois is home to 37 Fortune 500 companies,
29 the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange,
30 the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Midwest Stock
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1 Exchange, and some of the world's greatest financial
2 institutions; and
3 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area is home to 2 of
4 the nation's best MBA programs at Northwestern University and
5 the University of Chicago, and Illinois graduates more than
6 3,400 engineering students from its universities annually;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area is a hotbed for
9 research and development, with Argonne and Fermilab research
10 labs, the I-88 Tech Corridor, Abbott Laboratories, Baxter
11 International, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, the Chicago Tech
12 Park, the DuPage Research Park, and the Illinois Medical
13 Center District, along with world-class institutions of
14 learning; and
15 WHEREAS, Chicago was recently named the "third-best"
16 business city in the country by Fortune magazine; and
17 WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area is politically,
18 culturally, and economically diverse making it a premier
19 location for the Boeing Company's new world headquarters;
20 therefore, be it
21 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
22 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
23 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, That we strongly support
24 and encourage the Boeing Company to re-locate its corporate
25 headquarters to the Chicago metropolitan area; and be it
26 further
27 RESOLVED, That we urge the Department of Commerce and
28 Community Affairs to help facilitate this re-location by
29 aggressively assisting the Boeing Company in its relocation
30 planning; and be it further
31 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
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1 delivered to the Governor and the Director of Commerce and
2 Community Affairs.