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GUIDING PRINCIPLES | SMALL BUSINESS BILL OF RIGHTS

Guiding Principles

SBAC’s Mission

The Small Business Advisory Council (SBAC) representing the diversity found in the Portland business community, provides an organized voice for small business with the Portland City Council on policies that impact small business. The goal of the SBAC is to promote a customer-centered business climate within the City of Portland through well-informed organized advocacy.

SBAC’s Purpose

1. Identify and review regulations, policies and issues that affect small business formation, growth and prosperity.
2. Provide an organized voice communicating directly with the Portland City Council on policies that impact small business.
3. Research and review best practices in the development of recommendations to the City Council on policies relevant to small business growth, expansion, and prosperity.
4. Work with the City Small Business Advocate to help educate small businesses about policies, issues, and resources.
5. Demonstrate the importance of small business to the community and the region.
6. Provide testimony to City Council in writing and/or through oral testimony.

Download SBAC’s 10-page GUIDING PRINCIPLES document by clicking ==> Guiding Principles (16)

The Small Business Bill of Rights

Growing, prosperous businesses create jobs for employees that result in increased tax revenues which, in turn, benefit the entire community. Nearly three-quarters of the net new jobs in Portland are created by small business. Our local economy is populated by thousands of small business enterprises, many of which struggle for viability and survival while providing hundreds of thousands of jobs with billions of dollars in payroll.

To support economic growth in Portland through the auspices of small business, SBAC developed the Small Business Bill of Rights. CLICK HERE to read the Bill of Rights as a webpage, or…

Download SBAC’s SMALL BUSINESS BILL OF RIGHTS document by clicking ==> Small Business Bill of Rights (19)