WHEREAS, Black-owned businesses account for more than 195,000 companies in the United States with more than $61 billion in annual payroll and over 1.6 million employees according to the U.S. Census Bureau; and

鉴于根据最新数据，黑人拥有的企业雇用了联邦超过2 % 的劳动力；并且

鉴于，弗吉尼亚州超过6 , 200黑人所有的公司雇用了近81 , 000人，每年的薪资总额超过3亿美元；

鉴于，黑人拥有的企业对我们繁荣的社区和文化至关重要，因为它们为整个弗吉尼亚州的居民提供家庭支持和就业机会；

鉴于弗吉尼亚州的黑人企业促进了经济发展，并为当代和未来的黑人家庭提供了积累财富的资源；

WHEREAS, National Black Business Month was founded in 2004 as an initiative to recognize Black-owned businesses, highlight the vital contributions of Black-owned businesses to our country, and encourage their continued development; and

鉴于，鼓励联邦公民通过弗吉尼亚黑人商会、北弗吉尼亚黑人商会、中弗吉尼亚非裔美国人商会、大都会商业联盟和 Black BRAND（汉普顿路黑人商会）等组织以及美国黑人商会，探索、支持和了解更多有关我们当地黑人企业的信息，以获取国家信息；

鉴于 Commonwealth of Virginia 的公民必须支持和投资于黑人拥有的企业，因为这些企业有助于加强弗吉尼亚精神，使弗吉尼亚成为最适宜居住、工作和养家糊口的地方； 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Glenn Youngkin, do hereby recognize August 2025, as BLACK BUSINESS MONTH in the COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all of our citizens.