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(Sun Sentinel) — Minority firms have been an engine of job growth for the U.S. economy in recent years, outpacing growth within the general business community for most of the last decade. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people employed at minority-owned businesses jumped 27 percent — from 4.7 million to 5.9 […]
(Examiner) — Laurie Collins, president and founder of DC-based LC Systems, proves just how far women business owners have come. Her significant strides and accomplishments have led her to recently receiving the Top 100 Minority Business® Enterprise Award. “LC Systems represents the best of what our region’s minority business community has to offer,” said Sharon R. Pinder […]
(Chattanooga Times Free Press) — Carolyn Jones, president of family business C.J. Enterprises, founded a records and information management business in her basement in 1980. Now 30 years later, the Emory University graduate operates offices in Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Kentucky and Ohio, and has a partner in New Zealand, making C.J. Enterprises one of […]
(Amsterdam News) — The Department of Transportation plans to engage more Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (MWBE) for the rebuilding of the Kosciuszko Bridge that connects Brooklyn and Queens. At a workshop held earlier this month in Long Island City, nearly 150 community stakeholders, construction trade organizations, contractors and government services gathered to learn more […]
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(Chicago Sun Times) — African Americans, Hispanics, women and Asians were deprived of at least $19 million worth of construction contracts in 2008 alone because of “widespread” fraud, abuse and mismanagement of Chicago’s minority contracting program, an internal audit concluded today. Inspector General Joe Ferguson compared actual participation in the city’s minority contracting program to […]
(Chicago Public Radio)– The Office of the Inspector General of Chicago found the number of construction contracts for minority and women owned businesses were over reported by the city in 2008. That means minority businesses got $19 million less than what they were supposed to get. The report says that could mean a loss of […]
(PRNewswire) — Turner Construction Company’s Chicago office will hold its 22nd annual Turner School of Construction Management (TSCM) training program for owners of minority- and women-business enterprises (M/WBEs) in the construction industry, beginning on June 22nd. The program is offered at no cost and provides an opportunity for participants to further develop and improve their skills, while networking […]