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YOUR BUSINESS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. IT'S IMPORTANT TO MICHIGAN, TOO.
By participating in the Michigan Conference on Small Business, you can help m· lCYe�"
opportunitie for small businesses in Michigan.
It's the small business person, who deals daily with demands such as taxation, regu1a�
and the need for capital, who is most qualified to tell government w t it can do to
encourage a healthy and expanding small busine sector. The Michigan Conference 0
Small Business provides that chance.
The Michigan Conference on Small Busine ill be hosted by Governor illiam G.
Milliken in May of 1981. The conference will explore the problems faced by Michigan's
small business men and women, and recommend changes in statela s, policies, and
lations to addre them. The conference demonstrat a recognition of the important
ro e small busine will play in revitalizing Michigan's economy, and prev·ding job for
Michigan's citizens.
To prepare for the conference, twelve forums will be held acr the state. At the forums
small business owners, operators, and managers will identify the issue of highest concern;
and propose ays state government can addre them. Participants will also elect deieQiltes
to develop the' es more fully at regional caucuses, and to present, at the state confi -
ence in May, a small business action agenda for the 1980's.
Every owner, op ator, and manager of a business in Michigan with fe er than 500
employees is eligible and encouraged to participate.
Locally, there ill be a caucus for minority busine people to prepare foc the regia
caucuses. The public is urged to attend:
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