SBDC Day is a national proclamation of the success of America’s Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) on the success of the nation’s dreamers, innovators and doers – America’s small businesses. SBDC Day will unite the nearly 1,000 SBDC centers across the country by sharing, in real time, the success stories and notable impacts SBDCs collectively have on the small business community. …
Convention center project could have highest MWBE spend in city history
“When the convention center commission voted yesterday to award the Memphis Cook Convention Center contract to W.G. Yates and Sons Construction, some noted that the subcontractor’s spend with minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) could be the largest in the city’s history. Of Yates’ base bid of $135.8 million, about $44.5 million will be spent with MWBE’s, according to city estimates. …
Meghan Medford, MA Founder, Helping To Rebrand Summer Ave
Summer Avenue has had many names over the years – Hwy 78, The Bristol Highway, The Broadway of America – and now it’s adding international district to the list. According to data from the Summer Avenue Merchants Association, the business owners along the roughly three-mile section of Summer between Highland Street and White Station Road hail from over 30 countries. …