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27,2021
November 16, 2021 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT
PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD -
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PROCLAMATION
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
November 27, 2021
Whereas, the Village of Mount Prospect celebrates our local small
businesses and the contributions they make to our local economy and
community; and
Whereas, according to the United States Small Business
Administration, there are 31.7 million small businesses in the United
States, they represent 99.7% of firms with paid employees, and they
are responsible for 65.1% of net new jobs created from 2000 to 2019;
and
Whereas, small businesses employ 47.1% 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 pivoted 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 encouraged
friends and family to do so, too; and
Whereas, 56% of shoppers reported they shopped online with a small
business on Small Business Saturday in 2020; and more than 50% of
consumers who reported shopping small endorsed a local business on
social media or shopped at a local business because of a social media
recommendation; and
Whereas, the Village of Mount Prospect supports our local businesses
that create jobs, boost our local economy and preserve our
neighborhoods; 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, Paul Wm. Hoefert, Mayor of the Village of Mount
Prospect do hereby proclaim, November 27, 2021, as:
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
And urge the residents of our community, and communities across the
country, to support small businesses and merchants on Small Business
Saturday and throughout the year.
Paul Wm. Hoefert
Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen Agoranos
Village Clerk
Dated this 16th day of November, 2021