Tapping Minority Business Is Good Business

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The words of the 1994 report from the Confluence St. Louis Minority Business Development Task Force need to be considered carefully:

"The St. Louis metropolitan area, like many others in the nation, is adapting to the economic realities of the 1990s and planning for the future. As part of this transition, the region is looking to attract new industries to the area and to develop the resources that already exist.

"One of our most promising - and relatively untapped - resources in the region that has the potential to generate wealth for the community, create jobs and increase productivity and competitiveness is minority entrepreneurship and business development. …