A RESOLUTION OF RECOGNITION FOR THE DIVISION STREET BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, The Division Street Business Development Association (DSBDA) was founded nearly 30 years ago by a group of local business owners who envisioned an organization that could serve as a center of support and growth for locally owned businesses. DSBDA's mission is the economic, social development and growth of "Paseo Boricua", the heart of the Puerto Rican community in Chicago along Division Street west of Western Avenue; and
WHEREAS, DSDBA will celebrate its 30lh Anniversary celebrated at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture, 3015 W. Division Street, on July 25, 2014; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of DSBDA's achievement and justified celebration by the Honorable Roberto Maldonado, Alderman of the 26th Ward; and
WHEREAS, the Humboldt Park community was once seen as a neighborhood with sparse resources and inadequate services, in spite of the vibrant culture of the community's residents; and
WHEREAS, DSDBA was organized to promote investment in new businesses and to maintain the viability of established businesses in the community; and
WHEREAS, In the late 1980s, facing rising gentrification of Humboldt Park, DSBDA sought to attract investments that would provide affordable options for the community residents to stay, buy homes, and maintain generations of business and cultural ventures; and
WHEREAS, Since 1995, strengthened with determination from the installation of two giant sculpted Puerto Rican flags that mark the gateway to the Paseo Boricua neighborhood, the DSBDA has worked to preserve the neighborhoods' rich heritage and has actively sought to raise the visibility of the local community and business market, establishing a "brand presence" for the Paseo Boricua cultural enclave; and
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WHEREAS, DSBDA has taken several concrete steps to modernize the local infrastructure in order to attract new ventures and improve the establis...
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