September 29, 2010
% Minority & Small Business Week
"Mydream wasto
come back home, start
a plastering business
and train young people
to learn a trade.
PDC offered me
the opportunity
o f a lifetime.
*
It was my dream
come true."
..
.
Nathaniel Hartley,
Performance Contracting, Inc.
Over the years, the Portland Development
Commission has instituted programs and
For more information about
policies to improve opportunities for
PDC contracting and workforce
diversity, visit our website:
Minority, Women and Emerging Small
Business (M/W/ESB) firms to participate
www.pdc.us/mwesb
in PDC projects:
• PDC Business and Workforce Equity Policy
• Close working relationship with M/W/ESB
associations
• Partnerships with organized labor
• Small contractor loan insurance program
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