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Proclamation #2022-021PPRDCL.A.TIA7lON Whereas, the City of Clermont, Florida celebrates 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 32.5 million small businesses in the United States, they represent 99.7% of firms with paid employees, and they are responsible for 62% of net new jobs created since 1995; and Whereas, 79% of Small Business Saturday shoppers recognize the impact they can make by shopping small, 70% of them also encouraged friends and family to do so, too; and Whereas, 58% of shoppers reported they shopped online with a small business and 54% reported they dined or ordered takeout from a small restaurant, bar or cafe on Small Business Saturday in 2021; and Whereas, the City of Clermont supports our local businesses that create jobs, boost the local economy, and preserve our community. WOW, Therefore, I, Tim Murry, Mayor of the City of Clermont in the State of Florida, do hereby proclaim Saturday, November 26, Two Thousand and Twenty Two as: SmaffBusiness Saturday In Witness 'Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 18th Day of October in the year Two Thousand and Twenty Two. Tim Murry, Mayor ATTES Tracy Ackroyd Howe*, MMC City Clerk