Minority & Small Business Week
September 26, 2007
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Minority Small Business Champion
Advocate earns
honor for outreach
Local African-A m erican business
leader Faye Burch is being honored by
the Small Business Adm inistration for
her longtime support o f small busi
nesses.
She will be honored during the M inor-
ity Business Opportunity Com mittee’s
Minority Enterprise Development Week
Awards Luncheon: Wednesday, Oct.
3,11:30 a.m. - 1 :30 p.m., at the Oregon
Convention Center.
“ Her tireless efforts have provided
tangible and significant support to small
businesses and their com m unities,”
said SBA D istrict D irector Harry
DeW olf. “She provides the tools,
inform ation and support that small
business owners need; and most o f all,
she helps to create an environm ent in
which the spirit o f entrepreneurship
Minority
Small
Business
of the Year
ffl!r l o r t h u b
(Obßvrucr
Burch has a decade o f public-policy
experience including four years with
local governm ent and four years serv
ing as the Senior Policy Advisor for
Inter-Governmental Affairs and Small
B usiness to form er G ov. B arbara
Roberts.
I n 1999, she expanded operations to
include a joint venture partnership in
five gift and specialty shops at Port-
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Faye Burch
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Vigil-Agrim is, a water and natural
resources design com pany based in
Portland, has been nam ed M inority
Small Business o f the Year by the
Small Business Administration.
"It is my pleasure to recognize Vigil-
Agrimis, Inc. for their leadership, for
advancing this nation's entrepreneur
ial spirit and their contributions to our
econom y and the small business com
m unity,” said Oregon SBA District
Director Harry DeWolf.
Vigil-Agrim is, Inc. specializes in
planning, analysis, and design o f water
and natural resources projects. Since
form ing in 1999, they have become
leaders in providing design services in
the W estern United States.
The company uses multidiscipl inary
team s o f engineers, landscape archi
tects, and environm ental scientists to
successfully com plete assignm entson
hundreds o f waterways and wetlands.
Advertise with diversity in
can flourish.”
FM Burch & Associates, Inc. is a
leading provider of specialized m an
agement consulting and technical ser
vices in business areas including:
project and construction management,
construction oversight, public involve
ment and general engineering-support
services. The firm specializes in satis
fying clients’ needs for econom ic,
com m unity-developm ent, construc
tion, and construction-related projects.
Portland East Side CSO Tunnel Project
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for Project information, please visit www.kbbescso.com
C all 503-288-(M )33
W e W a n t To D o Business W ith You
We are striving to increase the numbers
of minority-owned, women-owned, and emerging
small businesses that provide services to us.
We have opportunities for consultants across a range
of professional services, including the technical,
creative, finance, and legal fields.
We can help businesses and individuals enter the
construction industry with resources such as the
Sheltered Market, Technical Assistance, and
Workforce Hiring and Training programs.
Contact our agency at the number listed below for
specific opportunities. You can also visit our website
for more information on our programs to support
diversity in contracting.
H ousing A utho rity o f Portland
Jerry Walker 503.802.8509
Cinna'Mon Williams, CPPB, MCA 503.802.8533
Amha Hazen, CPPO 503.802.8517
www.hapdx.org
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