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Proc. 2017-35 - Small Business Appreciation Day, 5-25-17 PROCLAMATION No. 2017-35 WHEREAS small businesses employ more than half the country’s private workforce, create three of every four new jobs, and generate a majority of American innovations; and WHEREAS Small Business Week recognizes outstanding small business owners for their personal achievements and contributions to our nation’s economy; and WHEREAS this year’s celebration will honor an estimated 25 million small businesses in America. Figures show that small businesses create 75 percent of the net new jobs in our economy and small businesses make up more than 99.7% of all employers; and WHEREAS each year, the President of the United States issues a proclamation calling for the celebration of Small Business Week; and WHEREAS National Small Business Week is sponsored annually by the Small Business Administration and was celebrated nationally during the week of April 30-May 6, 2017. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as the Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas, that: MAY 25, 2017 be declared: SMALL BUSINESS APPRECIATION DAY in Huntsville, Texas, and encourage citizens to recognize, visit and do business with all of our local small businesses. PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this the 25th day of May 2017. _____________________ Andy Brauninger, Mayor