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To designate July 2014 as Ohio Independent Business | 1 |
Month. | 2 |
WHEREAS, The members of the 130th General Assembly of the | 3 |
State of Ohio are pleased to designate July 2014 as "Ohio | 4 |
Independent Business Month"; and | 5 |
WHEREAS, According to 2009 data collected by the federal | 6 |
Small Business Administration, Ohio has over 880,000 small | 7 |
businesses; and | 8 |
WHEREAS, Small businesses represent over 98% of all Ohio | 9 |
employers and employ 48% of the private sector workforce; and | 10 |
WHEREAS, A 2011 private study that surveyed over 5,000 Ohio | 11 |
businesses and consumers found that 83% of those surveyed | 12 |
expressed support for Ohio small businesses, but felt that there | 13 |
was no easy way to find information on such businesses; and | 14 |
WHEREAS, Increased public awareness of Ohio's small | 15 |
businesses is key to the well-being of the state's economy; now | 16 |
therefore be it | 17 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 18 |
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, recognize July | 19 |
2014 as Ohio Independent Business Month; and be it further | 20 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 21 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 22 |
Governor and to the news media of Ohio. | 23 |