Minority Business – Minority Owned Business

Ronnie Reeferseed addresses Austin City Council, on Andrews Kurth contract 8/4/11 Ronnie Reeferseed addresses the Austin City Council, on Item 10 on August 4, 2011.

Austin City Councilman Bill Spelman and Austin City Attorney Karen Kennard discuss the contract with Andrews Kurth LLP.

Authorize the negotiation and execution of an amendment to the legal services agreement Andrews Kurth, L.L.P., Austin, TX, to provide legal services related to the City’s Minority-Owned Business Enterprise Program (mbe/WBE), to increase funding in the amount of $100,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $200,000. Partial funding of $50,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Operating Budget of the Small & minority business Resources Department. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future fiscal years.

Austin City Council approved Item 10, by an unanimous vote.

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Leeds City Council Civic Architect, John Thorp, mbe, has been awarded an honorary degree by Leeds Metropolitan as part of our Summer Graduation celebrations.

John was born in Leeds, studied at the Liverpool School of Architecture and has worked for the City Council for over 35 years. Examples of John’s work include the Henry Moore projects at Leeds City Art Gallery and, more recently, the £12 million creation of Millennium Square.

John has been instrumental in developing the current programme of City Centre Squares, Buildings and Spaces such as City Square and Briggate, major civic buildings such as Leeds Town Hall, the City Library and Art Gallery, Victoria Gardens and the renewal of green spaces such as Park Square and Merrion Gardens.

John received a lifetime achievement award in the 2009 Leeds Architecture Awards in recognition of his creation of award-winning places and spaces created by a lifetime of dedication to the city of Leeds.

John received his honorary doctorate in arts from the University’s Faculty of Arts and Society.

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Candidate John Lewis, President of Visions Project Development Group LLC presents new plan for promoting local area business for the city of Landrum.

The goal of the City’s Business website is to provide simple and intuitive electronic access to business services, serve as a public communications tool, enhance and promote Landrum and surrounding area business, and to streamline local business information.
The Landrum Business Station will be committed to creating wealth in Landrum and surrounding communities by providing key information on topics critical to the success of small business: Money, Markets, Management and Technology. The Landrum Business Station will supports the startup and growth of small and minority-owned businesses by enabling access to timely business information, online training and best practices, resulting in a more vibrant local business community.

Candidate John Lewis informs City Council that will be no cost to the city or Local business owners for the new web portal.

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An overview of the Women & minority business Enterprise Program that the City of Spartanburg offers.

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Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed three new members of his cabinet: Budget Director, Chief Procurement Officer and Commissioner of the Department of General Services.
The mayor also announced he is transferring responsibility for the Citys Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) program from the Department of Procurement Services to the Office of Compliance.

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