[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 74 (Monday, May 1, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E577-E578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO THE CITY OF URBANDALE

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 1, 2017

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the City of 
Urbandale, Iowa, on the 100th anniversary of the city's incorporation.
  The City of Urbandale was first incorporated on April 16, 1917. Many 
early residents found employment in several local coal mines until 
those were closed by the late 1940s. Urbandale was also a ``street car 
suburb,'' where residents could commute to their jobs in the city via a 
street car on the ``Urbandale Line'' until they were replaced by 
Trolley buses in the early 1950s. Over the decades the town saw homes 
go up, restaurants and business open and flourish, and people from all 
over pass through its streets, from presidential candidates to its most 
famous visitor, Pope John Paul II, when he held mass at Living History 
Farms in 1979. At its core, Urbandale is an Iowa town where you want to 
raise your family. At its inception, only 298 people called it home. 
Today, Urbandale houses over 40,000 residents.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent the citizens of Urbandale in 
the United States Congress and I ask that my colleagues in the United 
States House of Representatives join me in congratulating them on this 
momentous occasion and in wishing the City of Urbandale nothing but 
continued success.

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