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SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 29, 2025
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 36.2 million small businesses in the United
States; and
WHEREAS, small businesses employ 46% of the employees in the total U.S.
workforce; and
WHEREAS, 70% of every dollar spent at a small business stays in the local
community versus only 43% of every dollar spent at a national
chain stays in the local community; and
WHEREAS, 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 29, 2025, as
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Signed and attested to this day of November, 2025.
Walter “Chip” Wilson
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Evie McKinney
City Clerk