HomeMy WebLinkAbout11_2024 Small Business Saturday Vroclamatton
Mr WWI
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
WHEREAS, the City of Apache Junction celebrates our local small businesses
and the contributions they make to our local economy and
community; according to the United States Small Business
Administration there are 32.5 million small businesses in the United
States; and
WHEREAS, small businesses employ 47% of the employees in the private sector
in the United States, 88% of U.S. consumers feel a personal
commitment to support small businesses in the wake of the
pandemic, and 92% of small business owners have changed the way
they do business to stay open during the pandemic; and
WHEREAS, 97% of Small Business Saturday® shoppers recognize the impact
they can make by shopping small, 85% of them also encourage
friends and family to shop local small businesses; and
WHEREAS, advocacy groups as well as public and private organizations across
the country have endorsed the Saturday after Thanksgiving as Small
Business Saturday.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Walter "Chip" Wilson, Mayor of the City of Apache Junction,
Arizona, do hereby proclaim November 30, 2024, as
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Signed and attested to this day of November, 2024.
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Walter"Chip" Wilson
Mayor
ATTEST:
nnifer Pena
City Clerk
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