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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Village of Glencoe on
4the occasion of its 150th anniversary on March 29, 2019; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The Village of Glencoe was first settled by Anson
6Taylor and several German and English immigrant families; In
7early 1869, the Village was a small community with less than 30
8homes, a few local stores, a country school, a church, and a
9railway station connected by dirt roads; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Dr. Alexander Hammond, the Village founder, and
11his investors from the Glencoe Company gave serious thought and
12consideration to the development of the community and began a
13planning process that predates the creation of the first
14official Plan Commission in the early 1920s and continues to
15this day; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The Village of Glencoe was officially
17incorporated under a Special Charter granted by an act of the
18Illinois State legislature on March 29, 1869; since that time,
19the Village has become a leader and model for other
20communities, having established a council-manager form of
21government in 1914, the first in the State of Illinois and one
22of the first in the nation; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The Village of Glencoe has also become a leader
2and model for other communities in protecting the safety of its
3residents, from the first constables and magistrates in 1869
4and the acquisition of the first motorized truck in 1915 to
5becoming the first municipality in the State of Illinois to
6combine police and fire protection into a unified Department of
7Public Safety; and
 
8    WHEREAS, The Village of Glencoe has always focused on
9education, from the first one-room schoolhouse sponsored by
10early settlers through the construction of Central School in
11the late 1800s, North and South Schools in the 1920s, and West
12School in the late 1950s; the Village has been a leader in its
13commitment to teaching and administrative excellence and
14created an innovative plan to place parks next to its schools
15to enrich both the mental and physical development of its
16youth; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The Village of Glencoe's residential development
18represents a museum of domestic architectural styles dating
19from the mid-19th century, including the work of noted American
20architects William Boyington, Howard van Doren Shaw, David
21Adler, George Fred and William Keck, and George W. Maher and
22renown landscape architects Jens Jensen and Frederick Law
23Olmsted Jr.; most notably, the Village has the third largest

 

 

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1collection of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures in the
2world; and
 
3    WHEREAS, with its wooded bluffs and deep ravines, the
4Village of Glencoe was declared the "Queen of the Suburbs," by
5early map makers; the beauty of the Village has been preserved
6through the conservation of Lakefront Park and enhanced over
7the years with many additional parks, the development of the
8Green Bay Trail, and the establishment of the Chicago Botanic
9Garden in 1972; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The people who have created, developed, and kept
11the Village vibrant since its incorporation represent a
12uniquely diverse group of residents from all racial, ethnic,
13religious, trade, and business backgrounds who share their love
14of and commitment to the Village of Glencoe; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
16HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we congratulate the Village of Glencoe on the occasion of its
18150th anniversary on March 29, 2019, and we wish them many more
19successful years; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
21presented to the President and Board of Trustees of the Village
22of Glencoe as an expression of our esteem and respect.