Bill Text: IA HR12 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution to recognize the Iowa Small Business Development Centers and honor 2023 award winners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-28 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 737. [HR12 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HR12-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
12
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
12
BY
GRABER
and
BEST
A
Resolution
to
recognize
the
Iowa
Small
Business
1
Development
Centers
and
honor
2023
award
winners.
2
WHEREAS,
since
1981,
the
Iowa
Small
Business
3
Development
Centers
have
provided
expert
and
4
confidential
business
counseling
services
and
training
5
workshops
to
entrepreneurs
in
all
99
Iowa
counties;
and
6
WHEREAS,
the
Iowa
Small
Business
Development
Centers
7
provide
a
wide
variety
of
services
to
foster
the
growth
8
of
Iowa
business,
including
one-to-one
professional
9
business
counseling,
learning
opportunities,
10
workshops,
courses
and
classes,
and
a
variety
of
other
11
services;
and
12
WHEREAS,
the
Iowa
Small
Business
Development
Centers
13
have
announced
the
2023
award
winners
for
the
centers’
14
two
special
entrepreneur
awards;
and
15
WHEREAS,
Nannette
Griffin
of
Fort
Madison,
the
16
chief
executive
officer
and
owner
of
Griffin
Muffler
17
and
Brake,
is
the
2023
Deb
Dalziel
Woman
Entrepreneur
18
Achievement
Award
winner,
an
award
which
honors
an
Iowa
19
woman
entrepreneur
who
has
significantly
changed
or
20
improved
her
life
and
the
lives
of
others;
and
21
WHEREAS,
Jorge
Villeda
of
Ottumwa,
the
chief
22
executive
officer
and
owner
of
Villeda
Construction,
23
has
received
the
2023
Neal
Smith
Entrepreneur
of
the
24
Year
Award,
an
award
named
in
honor
of
the
long-serving
25
Iowa
congressman,
given
to
an
Iowa
entrepreneur
who
26
has
been
in
business
a
minimum
of
three
years
and
has
27
been
significantly
assisted
by
an
Iowa
Small
Business
28
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H.R.
12
Development
Center;
NOW
THEREFORE,
1
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
2
That
the
House
of
Representatives
honors
award
winners
3
Nannette
Griffin
and
Jorge
Villeda,
congratulates
them
4
on
their
success,
and
recognizes
and
expresses
its
5
thanks
to
the
Iowa
Small
Business
Development
Centers
6
for
their
ongoing
work
in
making
Iowa
a
better
place
7
to
live
and
work.
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