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
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Tracy Ackroyd Howe*, MMC
City Clerk