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            [July 12, 2013]      Send a link to a friend 
			Pictures by Nila Smith | 
          
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			 Bruce Huskins listens in as the ladies chat.
 |  Richard Sciortino welcomes everyone to the 
			groundbreaking.
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            |  Nearly every seat is filled.
 |  Mayor Keith Snyder addresses the audience.
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            |  Linda Thurmond of the Illinois Housing 
			Development Authority speaks.
 |  Andrew Hugger is a representative from U.S. 
			Bank, the financer and an investor in the project.
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			 The first shovels of dirt are tossed out.
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			 The group then poses for a picture.
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