eBlast June 29, 2009

1. Ensuring That Our Businesses are Included: When a major hotel, auto plant, theme park, etc. comes to your town will your local Black owned businesses be included? Will the increase in employment be representative of the actual demographics? Learn how to assess, place safeguards and make certain that our community gets its share of the tax funded projects (bonds, waivers, etc.). Learn about the United Air Lines Model. Come to our 17th Annual Convention.

2. Your Utilities Small Disadvantaged Business Plan: Do you know the SDB plan for your local utility companies? They are supposed to send it to the General Services Administration – the proposed plan and then the results. What is their report card and are your businesses getting their fair share? Come to our 17th Annual Convention to learn how to find out.

3. Is Your City Compliant with Section 3 of the HUD Act: What is Section 3 and how does it provide job and contracting opportunities for your community? We lose billions of dollars each year because no one is following the HUD money that comes into your town. Learn how to implement this important program. No one else is going to do it! Be a hero and open doors (jobs, contracts). Come to our 17th Annual Convention.

4. How Many Millions of Dollars does Your Community Lose: The monies managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation are all around your community. Your bus company, subway, airport, local highway and interstates are filled with contracts, concessions and jobs. Is your community getting its fair share? More than likely not so learn how to identify these monies and opportunities and bring them to your people and your business. Come to our 17th Annual Convention.

5. Is the Stimulus Bill Going to Stimulate Your Community: How can you be sure if you can’t find the money trails? Learn how to identify them and pass them on to your constituents and to your sales force. You can be an activist or a victim. It’s your tax money so get active. Come to our 17th Annual Convention.

6. Energy, Green Jobs, And Renewable Sources: What is this all about? What is a “green job”? Where are the grants –routine, stimulus, discretionary? We can show you. Come to our 17th Annual Convention.

7. $7.2 Billion in Broadband Deployment Grants: Do you know how to get into this loop? Will your community take advantage or watch the opportunity sail by? Learn how to access this once in a generation opportunity. Come to our 17th Annual Convention.

8. Some Chambers are Great; Some are Good: Come and hear from the Great Ones and find out what the best practices are? Practices that can be emulated everywhere. Come to our 17th Annual Convention.