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Proclamation
City Of
Cape Canaveral, Florida
WHEREAS, in 2015, a resolution was introduced to the United State Congress to designate
the first week in November as National Veteran Small Business Week; and
WHEREAS, Brevard County is home to more than sixty-five thousand Veterans and
forty-eight hundred Veteran -owned firms per the U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Economic Census:
Survey of Business Owners; and
WHEREAS, there are 87,756 Veteran -owned businesses in Florida generating $57.7 billion
in annual sales; and
WHEREAS, less than one-half of one percent of the U.S. population served our Country in
the Armed Forces, yet Veteran -owned businesses represent nine percent of all U.S. firms (2017
SBA); and
WHEREAS, the Florida Association of Veteran -Owned Businesses, Space Coast has over
100 Veteran -owned businesses and patriotic supporter (non -Veteran) businesses as members;
and
WHEREAS, The Florida Association of Veteran -Owned Businesses is a non-profit entity
that advocates, educates and connects our Veteran -owned businesses to economic opportunity;
and
WHEREAS, The Florida Association of Veteran -Owned Businesses and the Small Business
Administration (SBA) have entered into a Strategic Alliance Memorandum as of October 2020;
and
WHEREAS, Each year the U.S. SBA celebrates, connects, and empowers service members,
Veterans, National Guard and Reserve members, and military spouses during National Veterans
Small Business Week (NVSBW) and this year marks the eighth annual NVSBW; and
WHEREAS, National Veteran Small Business Week is dedicated to supporting Veteran
entrepreneurs and business owners and their families, and to encourage people to purchase
goods and services from these hard working men and women; and
WHEREAS, Florida Veterans and their families deserve our unwavering support and
gratitude; and
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Robert Hoog, Mayor of the City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard County,
Florida, do hereby proclaim the week of November 1-5, 2021 as:
VETERAN SMALL BUSINESS WEEK
in the City of Cape Canaveral and encourage its observance by all residents.
Signed and Sealed this 19th Day of October, 2021
Robert E. Hoog, Mayor
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