"Where businesses come to grow."
One of 35 Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) centers across the country under the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Washington MBDA Business Center provides technical assistance and business consulting to established minority-owned businesses in Washington state. The center works with minority business enterprises to generate increased financing and contract opportunities and to create and retain jobs.
The Business Center is part of a cooperative agreement between US Department of Commerce and City of Tacoma. The program’s objective is to provide ongoing, quality assistance to minority businesses with rapid growth potential, so that they can achieve greater participation in the development of the nation’s commerce.
Washington MBDA Business Center helps minority-owned business gain access to:
Capital
This includes bonding assistance, identifying financing opportunities, and matchmaking with banking institutions or mezzanine financing options. It also includes connecting businesses with alternative lenders for the financing of purchase orders or rapid scalability.
Contracts
This includes procurement opportunities, solicitation analysis, bidding and proposal preparation.
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