Bill Text: IL HR0757 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Clark-Devon Hardware for its astounding 100 years of service to Rogers Park and the City of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0757 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0757-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Clark-Devon Hardware on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Originally, Clark-Devon Hardware was a small | ||||||
| 6 | business purchased by a Russian immigrant named William | ||||||
| 7 | Walchak in 1924; the business grew and moved until landing at | ||||||
| 8 | its iconic location in 1985, a former movie theater with | ||||||
| 9 | enough room for future growth, where it remains today; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Under the Walchak family's ownership, Clark-Devon | ||||||
| 11 | Hardware played a key role in helping many immigrants | ||||||
| 12 | establish themselves in Chicago, providing customers with the | ||||||
| 13 | opportunity to meet people arriving from all over the world, | ||||||
| 14 | and these same customers would continue to frequent the store | ||||||
| 15 | when they became building engineers and property owners; the | ||||||
| 16 | business has played and continues to play an essential role in | ||||||
| 17 | preserving vital housing stock in Chicago; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Clark-Devon Hardware has long been a staple in | ||||||
| 19 | Rogers Park and the larger Chicago area for being a one-stop | ||||||
| 20 | shop for the ever-changing needs of property managers, | ||||||
| 21 | maintenance workers, and small businesses, stocking items that | ||||||
| 22 | may be hard to find or may no longer be available in wide | ||||||
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| 1 | circulation; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In 2023, when Clark-Devon Hardware owners Ed and | ||||||
| 3 | Ken Walchak could not find buyers, they knew that they wanted | ||||||
| 4 | to continue the legacy of and the community built around the | ||||||
| 5 | store; they sold the business to their employees, some of whom | ||||||
| 6 | were immigrants themselves, and have subsequently continued | ||||||
| 7 | the business' heritage as a means to achieve the American | ||||||
| 8 | dream; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | we congratulate Clark-Devon Hardware for its astounding 100 | ||||||
| 12 | years of service to Rogers Park and the City of Chicago; and be | ||||||
| 13 | it further
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