Inside this issue:

• GBC’s Bridging the Gap e-newsletter wins Hermes Creative Award
  The Greater Baltimore Committee was named a Gold winner of a 2007 Hermes Creative Award for Bridging the Gap e-newsletter.
  
  
• With MBE goals, if you demand more, you get it
  Maryland Comptroller, Peter Franchot, talks about the state’s MBE participation goals.
  
  
• Interview with an entrepreneur -- Charles Ramos
  How Charles Ramos built a thriving award-winning business.
  
  
• Companies must embrace new technology
  Joe Weaver shares his expertise on using technology as a tool for business advancement at a Bridging the Gap Breakfast Briefing.
  
  
• New online resource for minority and women entrepreneurs
  Biz Tech-Connect provides online business assistance to minority and women entrepreneurs.
  
  
• GBC-member health care institutions to host vendor fair
  Seven of the region’s top healthcare institutions and GBC members will host a health care vendor fair on September 20.
  
  
• Call for nominations: 2007 Bridging the Gap Achievement Awards
  Bridging the Gap Achievement Awards to honor outstanding businesses.
  
  
• Bridging the Gap upcoming events
  Information on upcoming Bridging the Gap events.