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Meeting Sep 05, 2017 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD - 7:00 p.m.
Category 3. MAYOR'S REPORT
Subject 3.3 PROCLAMATION: Chamber of Commerce Week - September 11-15, 2017
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PROCLAMATION
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK
SEPTEMBER 11 - 15, 2017
WHEREAS, the Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce works with the
businesses, merchants and industry to advance the civic, economic, industrial,
professional and cultural life of the Village of Mount Prospect; and
WHEREAS, Chambers of Commerce have contributed to the civic and economic
life of Illinois for 171 years since the founding of the Galena Chamber of
Commerce in 1838; and
WHEREAS, this year marks the 91st anniversary of the founding of the Mount
Prospect Chamber of Commerce on May 1, 1926, the Village's leading free
enterprise support organization; and
WHEREAS, the Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce and its members provide
citizens with a strong business environment that increases employment, retail
trade and commerce and industrial growth in order to make the Village of Mount
Prospect a better place to live; and
WHEREAS, the Chamber of Commerce encourages the growth of existing
industries, services and commercial firms, and encourages new firms and
individuals to locate in the Village of Mount Prospect; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois is the home to International Chambers of
Commerce, the Great Lakes Regional Office of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce,
the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and more than 400 local Chambers of
Commerce.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Arlene A. Juracek, Mayor of the Village of Mount Prospect,
do hereby proclaim September 11 - 15, 2017 as
"MOUNT PROSPECT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK"
and call its significance to the citizens of Mount Prospect.
Arlene A. Juracek
Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen M. Agoranos
Village Clerk
Dated this 51h day of September 2017