Full Text of HR0536 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Jewish B2B | 4 | | Networking Organization for their continued service to the | 5 | | small business community, the Village of Skokie, and the | 6 | | citizens of Skokie; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Small businesses represent 99.7% of all employer | 8 | | firms in the United States, employ just over half of all | 9 | | private sector employees, and pay 44% of the total U.S. private | 10 | | payroll; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Unemployment currently averages 9.1%, | 12 | | representing over 13 million Americans that are out of work and | 13 | | are seeking work; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jewish B2B Networking, under the direction of Mr. | 15 | | Shalom Klein, was founded in June of 2010 to connect and | 16 | | empower small businesses, service the needs of individuals in | 17 | | transition, and develop programming that has successfully | 18 | | brought together thousands of individuals; Jewish B2B | 19 | | Networking has put 109 people to work in this tough economic | 20 | | climate; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Over 3,000 people have participated in networking |
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| 1 | | sessions, educational programming, and other services through | 2 | | Jewish B2B Networking; the organization is currently assisting | 3 | | almost 600 job seekers in updating their resumes; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois remains committed to | 5 | | economic development, bringing new businesses to our State, and | 6 | | creating an environment that is friendly to small businesses, | 7 | | which make up 98% of Illinois employers; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, 2,864 business networkers attended Jewish B2B | 9 | | Networking's free business and employment expo, The Business | 10 | | Event, which was held in Skokie on August 25, 2011; the event | 11 | | is dedicated to assisting small business owners and job | 12 | | seekers; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, George Van Dusen, Mayor of the Village of Skokie, | 14 | | proclaimed that date of August 25, 2011 as The Business Event | 15 | | Day; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Business Event will be held again in 2012 and | 17 | | is expected to draw over 5,000 attendees; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate the Jewish B2B Networking Organization and | 21 | | commend them for the excellence they have achieved; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Mr. Shalom Klein, Director of the Jewish B2B | 4 | | Networking Organization, as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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