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 -1- LSB 2524YH (3) 90 es/rn 1/ 2

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. 8 -2- LSB 2524YH (3) 90 es/rn 2/ 2