I don't think Minneapolis will have such a program, because there is no big business or big legal firms involved. I'm beginning to think that in Minneapolis, the polititians are just "actors", and the real decision making (and beneficiaries of the tax dollars) happens in corporate board rooms - Minneapolis can't afford real programs, because they already gave the money to Target and soon to Allina and Wells Fargo; forget about the little people who actually do the work and revitalize areas that politicians messed up in the first place! You have to ask, why do firms like Smith Parker who claim to represent the community (for a big fee) not work on programs like the minority business initiative, why is it always big money interests involved? Privatization of government? Tom Welling Uptown >Subject: St. Paul launches minority business initiative $200,000 (What about Mpls?) >Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 13:38:32 -0600 > >St. Paul launches minority business initiative >Mary Lynn Smith > > >Published Dec. 5, 2002 > > >St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly announced a plan Wednesday to help >strengthen the increasingly diverse city's minority-owned businesses >and start new ones. > >"We need to recognize that the face of St. Paul is changing," said >Martha Fuller, the city's planning and economic development >director. And the city also recognizes that developing small >businesses is the "economic engine" that will create new jobs and >expand the tax base, she said. |
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