City of Philadelphia - File #: 110642

• File #: 110642
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/22/2011
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/22/2011
• Title: Supporting the National Minority Business Development Agency and recognizing October 5th through 7th as Philadelphia Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week which provides critical information to foster the growth and competitiveness of the minority business community.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Blackwell

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/22/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Moved to Be Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended	Pass
9/22/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Supporting the National Minority Business Development Agency and recognizing October 5th through 7th as Philadelphia Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week which provides critical information to foster the growth and competitiveness of the minority business community.
Body
WHEREAS, Since our Nation's founding, the United States has been a beacon of economic opportunity and limitless possibility; and

WHEREAS, During Minority Enterprise Development Week, we celebrate the millions of minority business owners whose firms generate jobs, strengthen our economy, and embody the entrepreneurial spirit of America; and

WHEREAS, Philadelphia MED Week is part of a national observance begun in 1983 to recognize the outstanding achievements of minority business enterprises and to honor those corporations and financial institutions that support minority business development; and

WHEREAS, In Philadelphia, MED Week began as a three day event with three workshops and has grown to a full celebration of many successful workshops and awards reception for minority owned businesses with an ever growing number of sponsors to promote the great accomplishments of minority firms; and

WHEREAS, this year's MED Week events include a wide variety of sessions including workshops, entitled Starting A New Business, Inclusion Works: Creating Opportunities And Building Businesses That Put People To Work, Strategies for the Successful Bidder, Bringing Your Business to the "App" World, The Highly Effective Habits of Advertising and Marketing, and No risks, No Rewards... Gambling; and

WHEREAS, Even in tough economic times, Americans hold the belief that anyone with a good idea and enough hard work can succeed and share those achievements with their employees and communities; and

WHEREAS, Today, we must continue to prioritize job and business creation as part of a sustained recovery that works for all Americans by supporting Minority-owned and operated enterprises in ...