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Local Culture Corner April 2017

Rolling Meadows and ,

Rolling Meadows

The City of Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is a beautiful suburban community located approximately 25 miles north of Chicago. Established in 1955, Rolling Meadows was developed to fulfill a need for affordable housing for post-World War II veterans and their families as well as Chicagoans who desired a suburban lifestyle. Over the decades, Rolling Meadows has developed into a mature community diverse in religious, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.

Rolling Meadows is home to many corporate headquarters of Fortune 500 companies as well as small to medium sized businesses. These businesses employ about 44,000 people and comprise a major part of the City's stable revenue base. Rand Worldwide/IMAGINiT is proud of be one of these businesses!

Local Culture Corner April 2017

Our office in Rolling Meadows has recently grown to become one of our largest sites with 22 employees:

 Bob Mason- Applications Expert- ISD  Kevin Fuery- Account Representative- AEC

 Charles Willis- Strategic Account Executive- MSD  Kyle Donohue- Account Representative- AEC

 Chuck Cook- Account Executive- AEC  Matt Finn- Account Representative- AEC

 George Doherty- Operations Manager  Michael Brucker- Regional Training Manager

 Jason Swiercz- Applications Expert - MSD  Rob Payne- Account Representative - MSD

 Jay Young- Account Executive- Gov  Robin Weber- Account Executive- EDU

 Jennifer Nziolek- Account Executive- AEC  Stephanie Clark- Account Executive- MSD

 Jeremiah Nieves- Account Representative- MSD  Sue Eldrenkamp- Account Representative - MSD

 Jim Boland- Account Executive- MSD  Tiffany Carone- Sales Manager

 Jim Shilling- Inside Sales Manager  Tori Gilley- Account Representative- AEC

 JoAnn MacPhearson- Account Representative- AEC  Tyler Michael- Account Executive- Reality Capture

In our office, we enjoy getting together to celebrate holidays and occasions.

Here is Robin Weber, Jim Boland, Stephanie Clark, Tiffany Carone, Chuck Cook, Jennifer Nziolek, Chuck Willis, Bill Nicolaou, Jay Young, George Dougherty, Rob Payne and Matt Finn enjoying some good food and even better company at our 2016 holiday party.

Jim Shilling, Stephanie Clark, Tyler Michael, Rob Payne, Sue Eldrenkamp, JoAnn MacPherson, Tori Gilley, Matt Finn and Jim Boland all wore beads to work in celebration of Mardi Gras!

Local Culture Corner March 2017

Our office is located in close proximity to the Arlington International Racecourse. In fact, since our office is on the 8th floor, we have a view of the racecourse form our windows!

Arlington International Racecourse, which has been described as "the most beautiful track in America" began Thoroughbred racing on October

13, 1927.

Also near our office is South Salk Park, which is about 4 minutes away. This part features playgrounds, lit baseball/softball fields, a basketball court, and a picnic area. This is just one of 12 parks located in Rolling Meadows!

Local Culture Corner March 2017

Chicago

Our folks in the Rolling Meadows office are fortunate to be so close to Chicago, and to call it their home city. For those of you who have seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, or have been lucky enough to have visited this amazing place, you know that this city has tons to offer. Here are 10 fun facts that you may have not known about Chicago:

1) Things invented in Chicago: Twinkies (1930), Deep Dish Pizza, Spray Paint (1949), Ferris Wheel (1893), Vacuum Cleaner (1868), Zipper (1851), Softball, and the first Cell Phone. 2) The first McDonalds franchise opened in 1955 3) Zoo is one of the world’s last free zoos 4) The is the only river in the world that flows backward The first ever Ferris wheel, which 5) Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was introduced in Chicago during 1893 World’s Fair was introduced at the Chicago 6) The four stars on the Chicago flag represent , the Chicago fire, the World’s Fair in 1893. World’s Columbian Exposition, and the Exposition 7) Walt Disney was born in Chicago 8) The first Playboy Mansion was in Chicago and Hugh Hefner started the Playboy publication here in 1953 9) in Chicago is the world’s longest continuous street at 23.5 miles The very first McDonalds 10) Chicago is home for the first black U.S. President, Barack Obama

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Chicago resident, and the 44th U.S. President, Barack Obama Local Culture Corner March 2017

Chicago: City of Culture

Chicago offers attractions that will suit anyone’s interests! From science, engineering, and industry, to nature, art, and religion, there is a museum or gallery that is a must see. Baha’i Temple Here are just a few of the many cultural attractions:

 Illinois Railway Museum, America's Largest Train Museum, Union, IL

 Adler Planetarium, Chicago

 Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

 Field Museum, Chicago

 Chicago Art Institute, Chicago

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 SciTech Museum, Aurora

 Baha’i Temple, Evanston

 Chicago Botanical Garden, Glencoe

 The

The Field Museum

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Landmarks in Chicago

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Chicago is home of the tallest building in the United States, the 110 story Willis Tower (Formerly known as the Sears Tower). On the 103rd floor, there is a sky deck with a glass floor that we would not recommend if you are afraid of heights!

Navy Pier

Navy Pier is a not-for-profit that originally opened as a shipping and recreational facility in 1916. Located on , it has served many purposes throughout its rich history and currently encompasses more than fifty acres of parks, gardens, shops, restaurants, family attractions and exhibition facilities and is the top leisure destination in the Midwest, drawing nearly nine million visitors annually.

Millennium Park

With 25 acres of awe-inspiring landscape, breathtaking architecture and an iconic collection of public art, is Chicago’s premier green space.

Local Culture Corner March 2017

Sports Teams in Chicago

We have some major sports fans in our Rolling Meadows office! They love rooting for their Chicago teams! Baseball

Chicago is the home of 2 Major League Baseball teams: The 2016 World Champions, the , who are a part of the National League, and the Chicago White Sox, who are a part of the American League.

The Cubs are a charter member of the National League who started playing in the National Association in 1870 as the Chicago White Stockings They have also been known as the Orphans, Colts, Panamas, Rainmakers, Spuds, Trojans, Microbes, and Zephyrs.

The White Sox are one of eight charter members of the American League. They have played in Chicago since the inaugural 1901 season, and have won six American League pennants and three titles, most recently in 2005.

Wrigley Field, which is where the Cubs play, is nicknamed "The Friendly Confines," and the oldest park in the National League

Sue Eldrenkamp, Rob Payne, and Tiffany Carone celebrating the Cubs first World Series win in over 100 years! Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox Local Culture Corner March 2017

Chicago Blackhawks – Hockey

The Blackhawks are one of the "Original Six" NHL teams. Spelled “Black Hawks” until 1986, the team has won six Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, with the most recent in 2015.

Chicago Bears - Football

The Chicago Bears American football franchise is a charter member of the National Football League (NFL) and have played in all of the league's 97 seasons.

The Bears have captured nine NFL championships, including one Super Bowl – second most all time behind the Green Bay Packers.

The franchise has also recorded more regular season victories than any other franchise with 744, retired the most uniform numbers with fourteen, and have the most members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears twenty-seven.

Basketball

The Basketball team was founded on January 16, 1966 and has won Six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998 with two three-peats. The Bulls are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships and never lose an NBA Finals series in their history. Their most famous player was number 23, Michael Jordan.

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Chicago Fire - Soccer

The Chicago Fire Soccer team is names after the of 1871.

The team was founded on October 8, 1997, the event's 126th anniversary

The Fire won the MLS Cup as well as the U.S. Open Cup (the "double") on their first season. They have won U.S. Open Cups in 2000, 2003, and 2006; in addition to the 2003 MLS Supporters' Shield.

Climate

Rolling Meadows shares the same climate as Chicago, which is known as “The Windy City”. The origins of Chicago’s famous nickname are not entirely clear. With Chicago’s close proximity to the , the most obvious explanation is that it comes from the frigid breezes that blow off Lake Michigan and sweep through the city’s streets. However, another popular theory holds that it was coined in reference to Chicago’s bloviating residents and politicians, who were deemed to be “full of hot”

The is classified as humid continental (Köppen Dfa), with all distinctly represented: wet, cool springs; somewhat hot, and often humid, summers; pleasantly mild autumns; and cold winters.

Here is how Chicago’s average climate compares to the average across the U.S.:

Local Culture Corner March 2017

In the summer temperatures don't normally reach 100 °F in Chicago. But it does get into the 90s on an average 14 days a year. The days are above 50 degrees from June to September and nearly every day in May and October.

In the winter Chicago has had an average annual snowfall of 37.1 inches over the last 30 years, which is 14.7 inches more than the national average (22.4 inches).

Chicago's lowest wind chill was recorded on a horribly cold Christmas Eve in 1983 when a temperature of negative 23 Degrees Fahrenheit and a 29 mph wind combined to produce the record low wind chill of 82 below zero. That is one climate record that will probably never be broken.

The temperatures soared to record highs in July of 1995 with the hottest weather occurring from July 12 to July 16. The high of 106 °F (41 °C) on July 13 was the second warmest July temperature (warmest being 110 °F (43 °C) set on July 23, 1934) since records began at Chicago Midway International Airport in 1928.

Chicago’s famous Cloud Gate covered with snow.

The Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor,

which is the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago.

From beautiful suburban Rolling Meadows neighborhoods, a botanical garden, and a free zoo, to majestic sky scrapers, awe-inspiring public art, and a myriad of museums, the Chicago area has something for everyone!