MUNCIE, Ind. – Muncie now has a black chamber of commerce, and this would mean a wonderful opportunity for minority companies to grow in the local community, according to the group leader.
Small business owner Lathay Pegues said several small business owners met for more than a month and sought to create a collection that could also affect the capacity of local minority businesses.
“When we first met, we were surprised by the diversity of black corporations in Muncie,” pegues (who was a former Star Press employee) said. The owner of JohnTom’s Barbecue Sauce, Pegues, upset the highlights of those businesses.
The organization had its official start at McCulloch Park on Thursday night in front of a multitude of public servants and top-of-the-line business owners.
One thing the crowd will focus on moving forward is school seminars, webinars, and other school opportunities for camera members. The chamber will also focus on how government procurement is awarded, so that local minority companies do not seem neglected.
“We have a wonderful array of concepts to support companies in these businesses that take it to the next level,” Jason Walker, president of the Black Chamber of Commerce’s Muncie bankruptcy, told The Star Press. Walker recently owns and operates First Choice Electric.
As a small business owner since the early 1990s, Walker said large black minority and minority companies have the budget to figure out how to grow their businesses.
He hopes that the House will not only bring them to the forefront of the community, but also provide them with the machinery they need.
Another darkroom group station had objectives when its chapters circulating through the state were born.
Representatives of the Indianapolis Black Chamber of Commerce and Anderson’s Black Chamber of Commerce, any of whom reveled in operation for several years, came to Muncie’s launch event.
“Before we started, the state conducted a study on disparities and showed that 2 percent of black companies were used (under contract) in Indiana,” said Larry Williams, president of Indianapolis bankruptcy. This bankruptcy focused on highlighting minority companies in their region and putting them at the forefront of the local economy.
So what has been Indy’s bankruptcy advertising since its launch in 2015?
“What we’ve seen in black businesses that start,” Williams said.
The spread of the dark rooms circulates through state monitors that it is mandatory for someone to do black business, according to Williams.
Representatives of the Anderson House stated that they had become the backbone of netpaintings in their area. They started out as small, but they continued to grow over the past decade, playing an easier leader and leader role in network jobs, whether a year.
It’s a genre that follows Muncie’s bankruptcy.
Since the birth of the organization, the goal has been how there could be an easier social network for minority companies.
“Our number one goal is to produce economic empowerment for companies owned by blacks and minorities,” Walker said. “That included in the economic progression of Muncie and Delaware County.”
The local government, the Black Chamber of Commerce, for the prospect of expansion it can provide to small businesses in Muncie.
“Entrepreneurs and small businesses are a key component of our economy,” Mayor Dan Ridenour told the crowd accumulated Thursday night. He highlighted how the Muncie Industrial Revolving Loan Fund can help companies grow.
The canor also said that if the city’s 2,400 small businesses can also raise one employee each, it will make a difference for the local economy. Minority companies would play a key role in this.
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“I ask you to leave successfully, ask for help, ask for advice,” Ridenour said. “We are here to support and support.”
Walker said he had conversations with Jay Julian, the president of the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, who was willing to lend his support. The darkroom is indirectly affiliated with the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber.
As the momentum accelerates for the group, members expect to see a rapid expansion in the coming months.
“I think I know giant for Muncie, ” said Walker. “We want to be the way for corporations to succeed at this rising level.”
Walker was surprised by comments not only from local business owners, but also from other officials who submitted their help to the hot chamber. Corporate sponsorship can be a critical preference as the organization progresses, Ivy Tech Community College was the first organization to become a corporate board sponsor.
For additional information about the Muncie Black Chamber of Commerce, visit the organization’s website at www.mdcblackchamber.org or the Facebok facebok.com/munciechamber page.
Corey Ohlenkamp is the city/county government reporter. Contact him by email at [email protected] or by phone at 765-213-5874. Follow him on Twitter at @Ohlenkamp.