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WATCH: “A business is more than that. It’s a person, who had an idea, a vision.”

WATCH: “A business is more than that. It’s a person, who had an idea, a vision.”

Business owners learn about upcoming @neorsd projects. Infrastructure that lasts beyond a generation is a huge investment. Few often realize it’s small businesses that help make it possible. The Business Opportunity Program is a Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District effort to expand contracting opportunities to small, women-owned and minority-owned...

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EVENT: #2016outreach contractor opportunities event draws overflow crowd

EVENT: #2016outreach contractor opportunities event draws overflow crowd

Contract Compliance Officer Diana Jones greets guests January 21. Construction contractors from Northeast Ohio and across the Midwest came to Cleveland recently to hear details about $140 million in construction projects presented by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Sewer District engineers rolled out plans for nearly a dozen...

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#SmallBizWeek: Honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small businesses, big opportunities

#SmallBizWeek: Honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small businesses, big opportunities

“We want to say thank you.” Benjamin Holbert’s simple statement May 6 kicked of the Sewer District’s first-ever Small Business Week reception to acknowledge the more than 140 small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses that we worked with in 2014. Holbert is the District’s Business Outreach Coordinator working in Contract...

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BUSINESS: Huge investments, small businesses, and local success stories #SmallBizWeek

BUSINESS: Huge investments, small businesses, and local success stories #SmallBizWeek

Infrastructure that lasts beyond a generation is a huge investment. Few often realize it’s small businesses that help make it possible. This week is National Small Business Week, and we join local voices in support of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses that contribute to our Northeast Ohio economy. “I’m...

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#SoTU: Three infrastructure nuggets we would not be surprised to hear at tonight’s State of the Union

#SoTU: Three infrastructure nuggets we would not be surprised to hear at tonight’s State of the Union

Image credit Wikipedia In what The Hill calls “an unusual move,” the White House has released an overview of the programs that will be unveiled at tonight’s State of the Union address. From tax-code overhauls to expanding broadband internet access, there’s not a direct reference to water or sewer...

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Successful small-business program is expanded, rebranded

Successful small-business program is expanded, rebranded

It’s changing, but don’t think of it as new and improved. See it as rebranded and expanded. This summer, the Sewer District‘s small business enterprise program, formerly known as SBE, is being rebranded the Business Opportunity Program with a wider focus on minority-owned, women-owned, and small businesses. “Our goal...

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