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Bloomingdale mayor named DuPage Mayors & Managers Conference 2018 Governmental Leader of the Year

Bloomingdale Mayor Franco Coladipietro received the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference 2018 Governmental Leader of the Year Award at the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference Legislative Dinner held on Jan. 15.

Founded in 1962, the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference is a council of 34 municipalities representing over 1,000,000 people in the County of DuPage.

The award is given annually to elected or appointed officials who support initiatives important to DuPage municipalities and promote Intergovernmental cooperation at the local and regional level.

In Bloomingdale, the mayor has worked with the chamber of commerce, local businesses, fire, school and park districts, as well as representatives from several surrounding communities, to promote a revitalization of business centers along Lake Street, Army Trail Road, and Gary Avenue.

This partnership and collaboration has led to a transformation of Lake Street with the redevelopment of long vacant and dilapidated buildings, the opening of Mariano's along Gary Avenue, and modernization of a number of existing businesses along Army Trail. Additionally, several new businesses have been added to the Covington and ProLogis Business Parks, that have come with the improvement or construction of new state-of-the art facilities.

At the regional level that mayor has been a strong advocate against any further reductions of the Local Government Distributive Fund (LGDF) which is where the local government portion of the Income Tax collections is deposited and then disbursed to communities to fund core village services. The mayor also was instrumental in proposing and receiving amendments to small cell legislation that unchecked, would have been detrimental to the landscape of communities throughout DuPage.

Congratulations Mayor Franco on a much deserved award!

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