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Pathway 3 Goal:

Support the wealth​ creation of ​Black & Brown businesses  through corporate partnerships and entrepreneurship​

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Corporate supply chains have the capacity to grow Black and Brown business wealth and mentorship programs can help new businesses start and scale growth.

Identifiable by ownership race, 95% of the region’s 25,000 businesses are white owned, 3% are African American, and 2% are Hispanic/Latino.
 
Metric:

• MBE certifications​
• Spending by race and location​
• Number of corporate commitments​
• Number of Black & Brown owned businesses ​

Working Group Participants:
Aurora​
JCI​
WEC Energy Group​
ManpowerGroup​
PwC​
The Business Council ​
Hispanic Collaborative​

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Action Plan

• Address barriers to data collection​
• Partner to increase certifications​
• Establish baseline spend​
• Support business mentorship