Happy Small Business Day, from one small business to the others

May 10, National Small Business Day, celebrates small businesses and honors small business owners. It was designated by the Small Business Administration to honor the importance of small businesses around the country.
Defined as having 20 employees or fewer, small businesses account for three-fifths of new jobs in the country each year, and one in five are family owned.
By this definition, Rock County communities are comprised mostly of small businesses, especially when factoring in family farm operations.
They are the lifeblood of our local economies, supporting local jobs and incomes, and generating money that circulates among other local businesses … assuming we support our fellow local businesses.
The money that’s spent in Rock County stays in Rock County and benefits Rock County businesses and families.
We at the Star Herald are among the small businesses observing National Small Business Day. It’s a great time to thank our readers for subscribing to our newspaper — online and in print — and buying our paper off the stands.
And we thank our local advertisers for putting their faith — and their dollars — in our medium and trusting us with their message.
Our news team works hard to promote local small businesses in our coverage, and we appreciate it when those businesses in turn support us with their advertising dollars.
We all do better when we all do better (to quote the late Paul Wellstone).
Today and this week, we salute our local businesses and thank them for putting faith in Rock County.