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Business Appreciation Month

05/01/2018

WHEREAS, Virginia businesses play essential roles in strengthening our Commonwealth through their innovation, creation, and expansion; and

WHEREAS, Virginia businesses are the foundation of sustainable communities across the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, Virginia businesses provide more than 3 million jobs to our residents throughout the Commonwealth and offer a variety of products and services to customers around the globe; and

WHEREAS, Virginia’s businesses operate in diverse sectors including cybersecurity, defense, advanced manufacturing, energy, life sciences, tourism, agribusiness, and information technology; and

WHEREAS, Virginia is currently home to more than 38 Fortune 1,000 firms and 69 firms with annual revenues of $500 million or more; and

WHEREAS, ninety-seven percent of Virginia companies are small businesses; and

WHEREAS, the Commonwealth recognizes the accomplishments of Virginia’s entrepreneurs, small and medium size businesses, and major employers that contribute greatly to building and sustaining a new Virginia economy;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ralph S. Northam, do hereby recognize May 2018 as BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH in our COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.