May 4 - 10, 2025: Small Business Week

WHEREAS, America’s small businesses continue to pioneer innovative solutions to our country’s greatest challenges and create opportunities for families and workers; and,

WHEREAS, small businesses are the heartbeat of our communities and the American economy, employing more than half of our Nation’s workers, launching new technologies, creating new American-led industries, enriching our Main Streets, making parts and products in America to fuel our supply chains, and building our Nation’s infrastructure; and,

WHEREAS, supporting small businesses helps us create jobs and enrich local communities; and,

WHEREAS, by renewing our commitment to supporting small businesses, we can maintain our global competitiveness and build a stronger Nation where everyone can succeed; and, 

WHEREAS, the President of the United States has proclaimed National Small Business Week every year since 1963 to highlight the programs and services available to entrepreneurs through the U.S. Small Business Administration and other government agencies; and, 

WHEREAS, Michigan is home to a robust network of resources ready to help small businesses launch, stabilize, and grow through the support of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Small Business team; and,

WHEREAS, Michigan supports and joins the national effort to recognize the contributions of small businesses to the American economy and their importance in ensuring that our local communities remain as vibrant tomorrow as they are today;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan, and Garlin Gilchrist II, lieutenant governor of Michigan, do hereby proclaim May 4 –10, 2025, as Small Business Week in Michigan.