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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION HONORING JOE PERILLO
WHEREAS, Joe Perillo will receive the Excellence in Business Award from the Italian American Chamber of Commerce on October 4, 2014; and
WHEREAS, at the age of 20, Joe Perillo landed a job selling cars in Tacoma, Washington while he was finishing up his three-year service in the army; and
WHEREAS, after a short stint at the Chicago Board of Trade, Joe Perillo purchased a Pontiac dealership in 1975 in a fairly obscure area on Diversey, now recognized as Lincoln Park; and
WHEREAS, Joe Perillo turned a failed business into a very successful one within a five-year period; and
WHEREAS, Joe Perillo opened his BMW store on Halsted in 1981. Since that time, he has moved his BMW store to the Gold Coast and has acquired many luxury lines and is widely recognized as number one in the Mid-West region; and
WHEREAS, Perillo BMW is unique because it is still a family-owned and operated business; and
WHEREAS, Joe, his wife, Pat, and his son, Joseph, are involved with day-to-day operations, and his daughter, Trish, is the Managing Director.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby congratulate Joe Perillo on receiving this award; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to Joe Perillo.
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