“We need to move from just being consumers to being owners and operators”

Thank you to the over 200 minority and women-owned businesses, several major regional corporations and public agencies, and many community and elected leaders who joined us this morning at the November Power Breakfast at SoBe Restaurant, sponsored in partnership with the County Supplier Development and Diversity Division, an event which aimed to connect diverse local businesses with major public and private sector projects and opportunities. The event was a rousing success and is only the beginning of a long-term effort to increase local prosperity and opportunities for county residents and businesses.

We must use economic investment to increase human investment. The more our county’s small, minority, and women-owned business grow and thrive, the more public revenue we will have to invest in higher teacher pay, more public safety resources, better roads and transit, and services for seniors, veterans, and youth. Generational wealth = Community wealth.