BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 
 
A PROCLAMATION 
 
FAMILY BUSINESS DAY 
 
WHEREAS: 
 
Family businesses contribute more than $1 00 billion to 
Georgia's gross domestic product in a wide range of enterprises; and 
 
WHEREAS: 
 
Good values, honest business practices, and standards of excellence are reinforced by recognizing family-owned businesses; and 
 
WHEREAS: 
 
Since 1994, the Cox Family Enterprise Center at Kennesaw State University has recognize top family businesses from across the state in its annual Georgia Family Business Awards Program, which recognizes high standards in family business; and 
 
WHEREAS: The citizens who own family businesses in Georgia make up a valuable sector of our state's economy; now 
 
THEREFORE: 
 
I, NATHAN DEAL, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby 
proclaim November 5, 2015, as FAMILY BUSINESS DAY in 
Georgia. 
 
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the 
Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed this 22nd day of 
October in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen. 
 
GOVERNOR 
ATTEST 
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CHIEF OF STAFF