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House
Resolution
7
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
7
BY
A.
MEYER
A
Resolution
to
recognize
Iowa
Small
Business
1
Development
Centers
and
honor
the
2025
special
2
entrepreneur
award
winners.
3
WHEREAS,
since
1981,
Iowa
Small
Business
Development
4
Centers
have
provided
expert
and
confidential
5
business
counseling
services
and
training
workshops
to
6
entrepreneurs
in
all
99
counties;
and
7
WHEREAS,
these
small
business
development
centers
8
located
throughout
the
state
provide
a
wide
variety
9
of
services
to
foster
the
growth
of
Iowa
businesses,
10
including
one-to-one
professional
business
counseling,
11
learning
opportunities,
workshops,
courses,
and
12
classes,
and
a
variety
of
other
services;
and
13
WHEREAS,
the
small
business
development
centers
have
14
announced
the
2025
award
winners
for
the
centers’
two
15
special
entrepreneur
awards;
and
16
WHEREAS,
Sierra
Elbert
of
Emmetsburg,
Iowa,
the
17
founder
and
owner
of
Groom
Curriculum,
is
the
2025
Deb
18
Dalziel
Women
Entrepreneur
Achievement
Award
winner,
19
an
award
which
honors
an
Iowa
woman
entrepreneur
who
20
has
significantly
changed
or
improved
her
life
and
the
21
lives
of
others;
and
22
WHEREAS,
Abe
Sandquist
of
Woodbine,
Iowa,
the
23
founder
and
owner
of
Natural
Fertilizer
Services,
24
has
received
the
2025
Neal
Smith
Entrepreneur
of
the
25
Year
Award,
an
award
in
honor
of
the
long-serving
26
Iowa
congressman,
given
to
an
Iowa
entrepreneur
who
27
has
been
in
business
a
minimum
of
three
years
and
has
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7
been
significantly
assisted
by
an
Iowa
Small
Business
1
Development
Center;
NOW
THEREFORE,
2
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
3
That
the
House
of
Representatives
honors
award
winners
4
Sierra
Elbert
and
Abe
Sandquist,
congratulates
them
on
5
their
success,
and
recognizes
and
expresses
its
thanks
6
to
Iowa
Small
Business
Development
Centers
for
their
7
ongoing
work
in
making
Iowa
a
better
place
to
live
and
8
work.
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