HomeMy Public PortalAbout99 Chamber of Commerce WeekRichard A. Rock
PRESIpENT
TRUSTEES
Stephen J. Calabrese
VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD M;Gh e1 roe;
WILL COUNTY'S OLDEST COMMUNITY Kathy O'Connell
Steven L. Rathbun
Raymond Smolich
PROCLAMATION Susan Janik
VILLAGE CLERK
WHEREAS, Plainfield Area Chambers of Commerce works with the businesses,
merchants, and industry to advance the civic, economic, industrial, professional, and
cultural life of the Village of Plainfield; and
WHEREAS, chambers of commerce have contributed to the civic and economic life of
Illinois for 161 years, since the Galena Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1838; and
WHEREAS, this year marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Illinois State
Chamber of Commerce, the state's leading broad-based business organization; and
WHEREAS, chambers of commerce and its members provide citizens with a strong
business environment that increases employment, the retail trade and commerce, and
industrial growth in order to make the Village of Plainfield 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 Plainfield, and
WHEREAS, Illinois is the home to international chambers of commerce, the Midwestern
Service Center of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the Illinois State Chamber of
Commerce, and more than 350 local chambers of commerce;
WHEREAS, this year marks the 84th anniversary of the Illinois Association of Chamber
of Commerce Executives, a career development organization for chamber of commerce
professionals; and
THEREFORE, I, RICHARD A. ROCK, Mayor of the Village of Plainfield, proclaim
September 26-October 2, 1999 as CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK and call its
significance to the citizens of the Village of Plainfield Plainfield, Illinois.
WHEREUNTO, I have set my hand caused the seal of the Village of Plainfield,
Illinois to be affixed.
RICH . R
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SUSAN M. JANI illage Clerk
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