Nagin in the News - Small, Minority and Local-owned Business Mandate for N.O.
We feel New Orleans' Mayor Ray Nagin on this:
From now on, companies that seek subsidies or tax waivers from New Orleans city agencies will be required to work with local and minority-owned businesses under an executive order signed by Mayor Ray Nagin last month.
The new requirement, which the Nagin administration characterized as an expansion of existing goals to advance disadvantaged businesses, is meant to ensure that small businesses will have opportunities to participate in the rebuilding of New Orleans, Nagin said Monday at a news conference at Baker Ready Mix, an African-American owned concrete company on Frenchmen Street.
"Any community in America that is thriving and growing has small businesses that are doing well," Nagin said.
From now on, companies that seek subsidies or tax waivers from New Orleans city agencies will be required to work with local and minority-owned businesses under an executive order signed by Mayor Ray Nagin last month.
The new requirement, which the Nagin administration characterized as an expansion of existing goals to advance disadvantaged businesses, is meant to ensure that small businesses will have opportunities to participate in the rebuilding of New Orleans, Nagin said Monday at a news conference at Baker Ready Mix, an African-American owned concrete company on Frenchmen Street.
"Any community in America that is thriving and growing has small businesses that are doing well," Nagin said.
Too bad the Bush Administration doesn't feel the same way.
posted by BPblogger at 1:09 PM
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