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Jerry Merrill REXBURG
Mayor
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PROCLAMATION
No. 2023-04
Small Business Saturday November 25, 2023
Whereas, the government of Rexburg, Idaho, celebrates our local small businesses and the
contributions they make to our local economy and community; and
Whereas, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration, there are 33 million small
businesses in the United States: small businesses represent 99.7% of firms with paid
employees, small businesses are responsible for 62.7% of net new jobs created since 1995,
and small businesses employ 46.4% of the employees in the private sector in the United States;
and
Whereas, 68 cents of every dollar spent at a small business in the United States stays in the
local community and every dollar spent at small businesses creates an additional 48 cents in
local business activity as a result of employees and local businesses purchasing local goods
and services; and
Whereas, 72% of consumers reported that Small Business Saturday 2022 made them want to
shop and dine at small, independently owned retailers and restaurants all year long; and
Whereas, Rexburg, Idaho, supports our local businesses that create jobs, boost our local
economy, and preserve our communities; 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, Jerry Merrill, Mayor of Rexburg, Idaho, do hereby proclaim, November 25,
2023, as
SMALL B USINESS SATURDAY
And urge the residents of our community, and communities across the country, to support small
businesses and merchants on Small Business Saturday and to Shop Small throughout the year.
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REXBURG CITY CLERK
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Seal of the City of Rexburg
to be affixed this 1st day of November of the year
of our Lord two thousand twenty-three.
APPROVED:
ZJerry M rill
MAYOR