Briefly ...
OY r 1 million bough
rom minority .uppU.r.
: General otor pur­
�ha ed 1.1 billion in
materiall, part and er-
. ices from minority­
o ned and operated
Juppliers in the United
States durin 1990, ac­
'cording to OM's vice
pre ident in char e of the
Mate rials Mana ement
Staff.
The OM Minority Sup­
plier Development Pro­
ram, initiated in 1968, i
the largest and mo t active
of its kind in tbe U.S.
.' Cumulative purchases
from minori ty uppliers
..... since the program's lncep­
_. lion mount to about S8
_ .. billion. Purcha es include
-: raw materials, engineering
:. and design ervlces and
r, motor carrier transporta­
r: lion, well as finished
parts.
m.n bu.ln ••• R 0
.w.rd.lncr ••••
Despite concerns that
federal budget cuts would
res trtct . re e'ar�h and
development fund, a
preliminary look at Small
Business Innov tion and
Re e rch (SBIR) awards
show and increase in the
number of award made in
fiscal year 1989. There
were morethan3,OOO SBIR
award made in fi cal year
1990, although dollar
amount are not yet avatt­
able. Since the program
began in 1983, the govern­
ment has made more that
S2.2 billion available for'
small bUliness re earch
and development proje�t .
O. P.ul .g.ncy find.
Job. fr ••
De Paul Employment
Agency is putting resumes
in employer hands within
a matter of minutes, rather
than days, thanks to a fax
machine donated by
Ameritech Publishing, Inc.
, .
De Paul Employment
Agency, affiliated with the
Society of St. Vincent de
Paul, is a non-profit
employment agency. The
service is free.
Employers can inform
De Paul of job openings by
calling (313)927-3100.
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� M part of its 10th An­
t' < nivenary celebration, the
American Heal th and
· Beauty Aids Institute
: (AHBAI) will honor the
· individuals who helped
· found the association, and
· its pa t chairmen.
· Eleven current and pasl
AHBAI board members
will receive the Founder's
Award at AHBAI's annual
Mid-Year Conference,
whicb will be held in HU­
ton Head, S.C .
. Honoree include
Nathaniel Bronner, Sr. of
Bonner Bros., Comer J.
Cottrell of Pro-Line Corp.,
· Bdward Oardner of Soft
· Sheen Products, Inc., and
,Georle E. Jobnson of
. : Johnson Products Co., ho
· is a current member of the
: AHBAI Board of Direc-
· AHBAI found.r. and
· I •• d.r. honor.d
: tors.
-Compiled by
Leala Samuel
Funds raised to open Black bank
"Wherever there re tr de op­
portunitie, e ant to try to get
ci tizens from this ta te ho
no tbe e m rtets," Engler
aid.
"We thin tb t probably in the
Ion -term i lot more effective
than tryin to be limi ted a an
office i ,where you're fi ed in a
spot."
Engler aid the ide was to
under tand the culture, I nguage
and markets of target countrie ,
"Wh t it lakes to make de I."
John Truscott, pre secretary
for Engler, aid the te m would
serve a an information re ource
for Michigan busines e eeking
to become involved in foreign
trade well as lobbying foreign
governments on the state's be­
half.
John Field Reichardt, director
of the Michigan Intern tional
Office, said th t the new pro­
gram i till in a tentative tage
and may undergo some
revisions. He did, however, pro­
vide" broad outline of the
PHILADELPHIA--Bu ine s
organizer of United B nk of
Philadelphia, the city's proposed
black-controlled commercial
bank, recently announced that
they had successfully raised the
S5.6 million in capital. The
money i S600,000 more .than
was needed to open the new
financial institution.
The capital was generated by
an unprecedented effort on tbe
part of the city's religious, busi­
nes and financial communities.
Commitments and actual invest­
ments totaling S3 million, along
with S2.6 million from in­
dividuals and churches made up
part of the funds, according to
Emma Chappell, the bank's'
chairman and CEO.
ould be r pon­
ible for developin it 0 n
t de str tegy and advi in the
ichig n Iatematlon I Office.
Their focu ould be on
Michig n e port and not on
bel ping Michigan busine se
find foreign upplier.
The current propo al calls for
team members to serve s volun­
teers. The co t of the program
would therefore be f irl y 10 •
Reich rdt said th t, a f r as
he new, tbe plan ould be uni­
que to Micbi an.
"illis i the first e're heard
of anytbin lite this nywbcre in
the country," he aid.
Reichardt stressed th t the
pI ODed tr de commis ions re
not bein de igned to replace the
foreign trade offices, but that the
program admini tered by hi of­
fice were undergoing a tIm �or,
m jor review," in light of an e -
peered 40 percent budget cut.
Engler did ay the office pro­
vide a useful ervice in advanc­
ing the tr de mi ion in
individual countries. And others
feel there is a particular ad­
vantage to maintaining an actual
state presence abroad.
"THIS IS A proud day for tbe
African-American community
and for all of Philadelphia,"
Chappell said. "In raising funds
to open United Bank, we have
made economic history in our
c i ty. In addi tion, we have
demonstrated .. !lh.t we re
capable of accomptishing great
things if we work together .... We
are anxious to begin playing a
key role in the economic
revitalization of our com­
munity."
The bank, which is expected
to open at .a center-city location
in September of this year, will be
the first black-controlled com- .
mercial bank in Philadelphia
since 1956, and tbe only black­
controlled bank in the Common­
wealth of Pennsylvania.
in partnership with
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