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HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the
4Small Business Advocacy Council on the occasion of the
5organization's first anniversary of advocacy on behalf of small
6businesses; and
7 WHEREAS, The Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) was
8formed by a group of business owners and professionals who
9became convinced that the only way to be heard was to organize
10and pool their resources together; the SBAC is a non-partisan
11501(c)(6) non-profit organization that is intensely focused on
12the issues that impact small businesses; and
13 WHEREAS, The SBAC seeks to strongly support its members by
14providing networking, advertising, and promotional
15opportunities that will sustain those that care enough to stand
16with small business and hard-working Americans; and
17 WHEREAS, Over 230 businesses have joined the SBAC since
18March of 2010, including law firms, real estate brokers,
19commercial property owners, restaurants, radio personalities,
20corporate executives, accounting firms, insurance agencies,
21general contractors, film producers, traders, venture
22capitalists, and business coaches, among many others; and

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1 WHEREAS, The SBAC has created numerous beneficial programs
2for its members, including an Office Sharing program that
3affords members access to meeting space in the City of Chicago
4and the suburbs at no cost and complimentary Happy Hour events
5every month; the organization is also in the process of forming
6a health insurance pool for its members; therefore, be it
7 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9we congratulate the members of the Small Business Advocacy
10Council on the occasion of the organization's first anniversary
11of advocacy and wish them the best of luck on their one-year
12anniversary celebration on June 16, 2011; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14presented to the Small Business Advocacy Council as a symbol of
15our esteem and respect.