SENATE MEMORIAL 79

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2012

INTRODUCED BY

Michael S. Sanchez

A MEMORIAL

DECLARING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 18 THROUGH FEBRUARY 25, 2012 "NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK" IN THE SENATE.

     WHEREAS, entrepreneurship is vital to New Mexico's growth and prosperity; and 

     WHEREAS, most of the new jobs created in New Mexico and the United States in the past decade have come from the creative efforts of entrepreneurs and small businesses; and

     WHEREAS, according to the United States department of commerce, more than twenty-three thousand people become independent entrepreneurs daily, joining the more than twenty million self-employed that make up more than seventy-five percent of the nation's twenty million-plus business firms nationwide; and

     WHEREAS, the partnership for 21st century skills identified entrepreneurial literacy skills as one of the twenty-first century's content areas critical to success in communities and workplaces; and

     WHEREAS, the national governors association encourages connecting education to economic growth industries, recognizing that entrepreneurship and small business creation are the growth engines of any economy; and

     WHEREAS, a broad coalition of partner organizations in New Mexico have joined under the umbrella of the New Mexico small business development center and the New Mexico youth entrepreneurship network to provide a variety of programs focusing on student entrepreneurial development and competitive events, such as the governor's youth entrepreneurship annual statewide business plan competition, supported by the economic development department, the workforce solutions department, the higher education department, the public education department, the small business administration, chambers of commerce and other notable organizations; and

     WHEREAS, throughout the United States, entities like the New Mexico small business development center and the New Mexico youth entrepreneurship network are engaged in enhancing entrepreneurial opportunities through collaboration and cooperation with the national consortium for entrepreneurship education; and

     WHEREAS, encouraging youth to be excited about entrepreneurship, and working to expand the knowledge, skills and attitudes of New Mexico's youth and adults to be successful entrepreneurs, are crucial to the long-term growth of local communities, the state and the nation; and

     WHEREAS, the United States house of representatives resolved to recognize an annual "National Entrepreneurship Week" that, this year, runs from February 18 through February 25; and

     WHEREAS, "National Entrepreneurship Week" provides an opportunity to focus on the innovative ways in which entrepreneurship education can bring together the core academic, technical and problem-solving skills essential for future entrepreneurs and successful workers in future workplaces;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the week of February 18 through February 25, 2012 be declared "National Entrepreneurship Week" in the senate; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the statewide director of the New Mexico small business development center for distribution to the supporters and partners of the New Mexico youth entrepreneurship network.

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