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title: 'Whereas, Portland startups are awesome: Mayor Sam Adams declares Portland Entrepreneurship Week, February 20-27, 2011'
date: '2011-02-16T11:39:24-08:00'
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# Whereas, Portland startups are awesome: Mayor Sam Adams declares Portland Entrepreneurship Week, February 20-27, 2011

\[HTML4\]Now, I know you focus on the entrepreneurial stuff all the time. You’re all startuppy and stuff, day in and day out. But guess what? Not everyone recognizes the value of entrepreneurial pursuits like you. Sad. But true.

But you know what? Portland does. And so, to coordinate with National Entrepreneurship Week, [Portland Mayor Sam Adams has declared Portland Entrepreneurship Week](http://twitter.com/#!/MayorSamAdams/status/37937314319699968 "Portland Mayor Sam Adams on Entrepreneurship in Portland") to be the week of February 20, 2011.

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Here’s the language of the proclamation itself.

> Whereas, the vast majority of net new jobs created throughout the United States in the past decade have come from the creative efforts of entrepreneurs and small businesses; and

> Whereas, entrepreneurship is vital to Portland’s growth and prosperity; and

> Whereas, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills identified entrepreneurial literacy skills as one of the 21st century content areas critical to success in communities and workplaces; and

> Whereas, more than 70 percent of young Americans envision starting a business or doing something entrepreneurial as adults; and

> Whereas, a broad coalition of partner organizations in Oregon and throughout the United States are actively 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 Portland’s youth and adults to be successful entrepreneurs is crucial to the long-term growth of local communities, the state and the nation; and

> Whereas, according to research completed by William Walstad at the University of Nebraska, more than eight in ten of the general public (81 percent) and business owners (88 percent) think it is important for the nation’s schools to teach students about entrepreneurship; and

> Whereas, the United States House of Representatives resolved to recognize the first annual National Entrepreneurship Week on February 24, 2007; 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, I, Sam Adams, Mayor of the City of Portland, Oregon, the “City of Roses,” do hereby proclaim February 20 through February 27, 2011 to be Entrepreneurship Week in Portland, and encourage all residents to observe this week.

Stay tuned for more on Portland Entrepreneurship Week.

*([Image courtesy Jason Brisch](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbrisch/3615428781/). Used under Creative Commons.)*