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Strengthening minority- and women-owned businesses in the region.
Bridging the Gap is an initiative of the Greater Baltimore Committee, designed to advance the business culture of greater Baltimore by fostering an atmosphere in which majority and minority- and women-owned businesses can form mutually-beneficial strategic partnerships. The Bridging the Gap Initiative strives to provide businesses with the necessary tools and support to develop such collaborations.
The goals of the initiative are to:
- Nurture the creation of legacy wealth among minority and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) by broadening business prospects that are available to them.
- Communicate the business case for minority inclusion and development to the region’s larger business community.
- Provide training opportunities that enhance capabilities within the minority and women-owned business community to enable successful participation in partnership opportunities.
Bridging the Gap Achievement Awards
The 8th Annual Bridging the Gap Achievement Awards was held Nov. 17, 2011 at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel.
Outstanding businesses in the following categories were recognized:
- Minority/Women-Owned Business that has demonstrated outstanding achievement.
- Majority-Owned Business: corporations or individual executives that have shown leadership in the area of inclusive business practices.
- Partnership or Strategic Alliance that generates new business opportunities for minority or women-owned businesses.
- President's Award: individual who has worked tirelessly to advocate for the advancement of minority and women-owned businesses in the Greater Baltimore region.
2011 Bridging the Gap Achievement Award Winners
More photos can be found on the Greater Baltimore Committee's Facebook page.
Minority- or Woman-owned Business:
Audacious Inquiry
Beacon Associates, Inc.
BEMO Corporation
C. Jones Trucking LLC
Harris-Kupfer ArchitectsIntegrity Title & Escrow Company
Majority-owned Business commited to inclusive business practices:
University of Maryland Medical System
Key Partnership or Strategic Alliance:
The Cordish Companies and Commercial Interiors
President's Award:
Stanley Tucker, president & CEO, Meridian Management Group
Get Involved
All businesses, majority and minority, large and small must contribute to a unified business community in the Greater Baltimore region. Some of the ways that you can help include:
- Committing to use the Bridging the Gap Online Inventory
- Providing instructional services at a Bridging the Gap workshop
- Participating in Bridging the Gap workshops
- Serving on Bridging the Gap Committee
- Entering into strategic partnerships and alliances
- Volunteering to be a business mentor
One of Bridging the Gap's latest steps is to create an inventory of minority owned businesses.
This inventory will allow you to:
- Help majority businesses identify minority owned businesses with whom they
can do business - Provide information on the experience and capacity of your business
- Businesses will use the inventory as a resource in making purchasing decisions
Apply to be included in the inventory.
Resources
Greater Baltimore Committee's Bridging the Gap Minority Business Inventory
City’s MBE Directory -- Minority- and women-owned businesses certified with Baltimore City Government
Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development
| "Thank you, Donald Fry and Kisha Lashley and any one else responsible for the honor given to PLASE at your recent awards ceremony. It meant a great deal to the 5 PLASE staff attending and they have spread the word in their excitement to others here at PLASE." -- Mary C. Slicher, Executive Director, Project PLASE, Inc. People Lacking Ample Shelter & Employment |
"Thank you for the fantastic 'Bridging the Gap' presentation last night. It was truly an honor to receive such an impressive award from GBC. If we are to continue growth in our business community it is important for all companies; major corporations, small, minority, and woman owned businesses, to work together to build for the future. |
The Bridging the Gap newsletter is a quarterly report, providing its members with updates and news on minority and women-owned business initiatives, events and success stories throughout the Greater Baltimore region.
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