Are you a small or minority & women owned business interested in Anne Arundel County procurement opportunities?

Anne Arundel County has opportunities and resources to support your business. Register to learn about Anne Arundel County's new purchasing initiatives and how to do business with the Anne Arundel County Public Library. Meet County procurement staff and representatives from local business organizations

Anne Arundel Economic Development (AAEDC) staff will also present resources available to help small businesses grow.

Registration begins at 1:00 p.m. There is no cost to attend.

This event is sponsored and funded by the Anne Arundel County Office of Central Services with partnership from Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation and PNC Bank.

Agenda

I. Registration/Networking – Exhibits

II. Opening/Introductions/Acknowledgements

Welcoming Remarks – County Executive Steve Schuh

Randell Nixon, Office of Small Business Regulatory Assistance

Lourdes Montes-Greenan, PNC Bank Sponsor

III. Panel Discussion

Panel I

Doing Business with Anne Arundel County Public Library System
Revitalization Area Resources/Small BusinessTraining

Q & A

Panel II

New Procurement Initiatives
Andrew Hime, Anne Arundel Co Purchasing Agent

Housing Rehab & Energy Conservation Initiatives
William Gibbons – Arundel Community Development Services

Q & A

IV. Networking – Business Roundtables & Exhibits

List of Exibitors:

• AAEDC/Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
• Office of Central Services/Purchasing Division
• AACPL
• Gov Office of Small, Minority, Wo Affairs/Ombudsman
• Md Washington Minority Companies Assoc (MWMCA)
• Northern Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
• Women President’s Educational Organization (WPEO)
• Whiting Turning Contracting Co.
• Business Service Center
• Central Maryland Chamber of Commerce
• First National Bank
• CFG Community Bank
• PNC Bank
• Arundel Community Development Services
• BB&T Bank

This workshop is sponsored by the Anne Arundel County Office of Central Services/ Minority Business Enterprise Program in concert with Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation and PNC Bank.

For more information, please contact Joanne Jackson, Minority/Small Business Coordinator with the Anne Arundel County Office of Central Services at (410)222-7620 or by email at phjack20@aacounty.org.