Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2011-854

• Record #: R2011-854
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 7/6/2011
• Final action: 7/6/2011
• Title: Best wishes extended to Korean American Chamber of Commerce and Korean Festival Planning Committee for success of 16th annual Korean Street Festival
• Sponsors: Laurino, Margaret, O'Connor, Patrick

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
7/6/2011	3587	City Council	Adopted	Pass

CELEBRATION OF THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL KOREAN STREET FESTIVAL

WHEREAS, The Chicago Korean American Chamber of Commerce, the Korean Festival Planning Committee and the City of Chicago are hosting the Sixteenth Annual Korean Street Festival on August 13 and 14, 2011; and

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this special occasion by The Honorable Margaret Laurino, Alderman of the 39^th Ward and The Honorable Patrick O'Connor, Alderman of the 40^th Ward; and

WHEREAS, This year's festival is expected to be the largest one yet and will draw well over fifty thousand people to Bryn Mawr Avenue, between Kedzie and Kimball Avenues, to enjoy the celebration of the Korean culture; and

WHEREAS, The leaders of the City of Chicago are very proud of the long history of Chicago as a city of immigrants and embrace the cultural celebrations that express the vibrant nature of our great city; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved, That we, the Mayor and the members of the City Council of the City of Chicago gathered here this sixth day of July, 2011, do hereby extend our best wishes to the Korean American Chamber of Commerce and the Korean Festival Planning Committee, for the success of Chicago's Sixteenth Annual Korean Street Festival; and

Be It Further Resolved, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Chicago Korean American Chamber of Commerce and the Korean Festival Planning Committee.

 

MARGARET LAURINO Alderman, 39^th Ward.

 

Alderman, 40^tn Ward

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