HR 7 (LSB 2622YH (1) 91)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 7

BY  A. MEYER

A Resolution to recognize Iowa Small Business Development Centers and honor the 2025 special entrepreneur award winners.

   WHEREAS, since 1981, Iowa Small Business Development Centers have provided expert and confidential business counseling services and training workshops to entrepreneurs in all 99 counties; and
   WHEREAS, these small business development centers located throughout the state provide a wide variety of services to foster the growth of Iowa businesses, including one-to-one professional business counseling, learning opportunities, workshops, courses, and classes, and a variety of other services; and
   WHEREAS, the small business development centers have announced the 2025 award winners for the centers’ two special entrepreneur awards; and
   WHEREAS, Sierra Elbert of Emmetsburg, Iowa, the founder and owner of Groom Curriculum, is the 2025 Deb Dalziel Women Entrepreneur Achievement Award winner, an award which honors an Iowa woman entrepreneur who has significantly changed or improved her life and the lives of others; and
   WHEREAS, Abe Sandquist of Woodbine, Iowa, the founder and owner of Natural Fertilizer Services, has received the 2025 Neal Smith Entrepreneur of the Year Award, an award in honor of the long-serving Iowa congressman, given to an Iowa entrepreneur who has been in business a minimum of three years and has been significantly assisted by an Iowa Small Business Development Center; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives honors award winners Sierra Elbert and Abe Sandquist, congratulates them on their success, and recognizes and expresses its thanks to Iowa Small Business Development Centers for their ongoing work in making Iowa a better place to live and work.