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Committee on Economic Opportunity, June 26, 2023
A
A
B
C
2023
meeting
of
the
Economic
Opportunity
Review
Committee
is
hereby
called
to
order.
We
welcome
our
committee
and
all
participating
by
advise
teams.
Please
be
advised
that
all
that
who
are
participating
via
teams
will
be
muted,
with
the
exception
of
the
committee.
We
also
welcome
our
guest
speakers
and
members
of
the
public
watching
on
Xfinity
channel
64
and
FiOS
channel
40..
C
And
the
representative
from
District
Council
33
is
not
present
at
this
time.
My
name
is
Lynn
Newsome
I
am
the
deputy
Commerce
director
for
the
office
of
Economic
Opportunity
under
the
Commerce
Commerce
Department
I
will
give
in
I'll
begin
by
giving
those
of
you
not
familiar
with
the
history
of
the
meeting
a
brief
overview
of
the
purpose.
The
ERC
was
established
by
City
Council
in
March
of
2012..
C
C
215-683-2057
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to
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the
day
before
the
meeting
and
submit
the
following
information:
your
full
name,
a
call
back
number
an
email
address
where
you
can
be
reached
if
the
above
information
is
submitted
within
the
required
time
frame.
Those
that
have
registered
to
testify
at
the
meeting
will
be
telephone
during
the
meeting
invited
to
a
remote
meeting.
C
They
will
be
given
additional
instructions
by
the
committee
chair
once
they
are
connected
at
this
time.
We
would
normally
have
the
public
hearing
portion
of
the
meeting
allowing
the
public
an
opportunity
to
give
testimony,
seeing
that
there
is
no
one
here
for
public
testimony.
We
will
move
on
to
our
guest
speakers.
G
I
want
to
thank
the
the
committee
for
inviting
me
to
speak
specifically
about
the
broad
Germantown
and
every
streetscape
project
and
to
start
I,
just
kind
of
want
to
give
you
an
overview
of
what's
happening
out
there
and
what
we're
doing
who
the
project
partners
are
the
cost
and
the
ranges
that
was
actually
set.
So,
of
course,
the
broad
Germantown
and
every
street
skate
project
was
a
priority
for
the
current
Administration.
G
G
G
G
G
G
But
the
problem
that
we
have
is
that
the
problem
that
we
had
is
that
the
Prime
contractors
did
not
show
up.
So
we
had.
You
know
we
had
pidc
there,
myself,
Commerce
oil,
of
course,
was
there
to
talk
specifically
about
the
city's
programs,
but
the
idea
of
the
event
did
not
go
as
we
expected
it,
which
is
a
problem
in
itself,
because
they're
rely
on
this
project.
We
have,
we
have
a
in.
G
G
Another
barrier
that
I
see
is
that
oeo's
knowledge
of
the
project
should
they
should
get
notification
well
in
advance,
at
least
to
notify
the
contractors
the
mbw
we
eat
the
mwbe
contractors
that
work
in
the
space
to
kind
of
make
it
out
of
adequate
suggestion.
You
know
a
lot
of
times
the
projects
come
out,
the
bid
happens
and
then
then
the
process
kind
of
it
flows
through
a
certain
level
of
departments.
G
A
certain
area
of
department
and
some
information
that
we
receive
e-commerce
and
at
oeo
doesn't
allow
for
an
adequate
time
to
find
specific
minority
contractors
that
can
actually
work
on
the
case.
Work
on
the
contract,
another
area
that
I
specifically
see
is
an
issue
is
that
the
prime
contractors
will
do
what
they
call
a
good
faith
effort
in
obtaining
mwbe
contractors,
meaning
if
they
don't
specifically
look
hard
enough.
G
G
So
overall,
I
think
that
the
this
is
a
good
project,
because
the
area
is
an
area
that
had
hasn't
had
an
investment
in
a
while
and
the
area
needs
it.
This
is
a
traffic,
a
heavily
trafficked
area,
a
heavily
used
Transit
area,
so
these
improvements
are
well
needed
and
we
are
actually
still
excited
that
it's
happening,
but
I
think
we
have
a
whole
lot
of
work
to
do.
G
C
D
D
D
Certainly
so
I
guess
I'm
trying
to
understand
the
it
seems
like
there's
no
incentive
or
sort
of
repercussion
for
not
participating.
If
you
are
the
prime
contractor
and
I
notice,
you
spoke
about.
There's
no
real.
The
city
has
no
real
way
of
challenging
this
good
faith
effort
made
by
the
prime
contractors.
G
Absolutely
so
you're
absolutely
right,
there
is
no
way
and
it's
basically,
it
basically
speaks.
It
is
what
it
is
right.
We,
the
city,
can't,
doesn't
have
the
the
jurisdiction
or
the
the
power
to
say:
hey,
you
need
to
be
there.
Dave
on
the
streets
department
will
doesn't
think
that
it's
productive
to
force
contractors
to
come
the
prime
contracts
to
come
to
these
events.
D
Okay.
Thank
you
for
that,
but
just
for
a
point
of
clarification
not
to
force
them
to
come
to
the
events,
but
in
this
whole
good
faith,
effort
I
would
assume
not
having
the
contract
in
front
of
me.
Is
there
something
written
in
the
RFP
language
around
this
good
faith
effort
and
if
so,
who
has
the
jurisdiction
to
enforce
that
I.
C
Think
Regina
I
can
answer
that
oeo
does
has
the
authority
to
to
and
we
do
monitor
the
good
faith
efforts,
so
they
have
to
prove
to
oeo
that
they
made
a
good
Faith
effort
before
we,
okay,
you
know
their
their
nbew
numbers
and
we
do
have.
You
know
a
procedure
that
we
go
through
to
assure
that
there
is
a
good
faith
effort
made
and
it
has
to
be
documented
by
every
contractor.
D
G
D
C
G
So,
for
me,
I
think
in
in
the
actual
language
of
the
contractor
and
the
RFP
that
actually
goes
out
to
it
goes
out
to
the
Prime
contractors.
There
should
be
some
language
around,
including
or
presenting
minority
contractors,
with
the
ability
to
join
them
in
and
and
what
what
we
like
to
call
here
at
Commerce
on
the
job
training
right.
There
needs
to
be
some
language
and
there
needs
to
be
some
language
in
the
rfps
and
when
the
RP
is
accepted,
you
know
we.
G
We
have
to
be
more
intentional
about
given
instruction
or
being
being
firm
and
saying.
This
is
what
we're
expecting
from
you.
If
we're
putting
these
dollars
up
for
this
contract,
there
are
a
lot
of
barriers
with
procurement
and
and
how
things
move
in
in
the
space
when
we,
when
we're
in
the
public,
works
con
when
we're
in
the
Public
Works
Space.
C
G
E
Yes,
so
thank
you
for
your
testimony.
I
do
have
an
observation
and
and
a
a
question.
So
the
observation
is
you
mentioned
that
you
had
partnered
with
at
seeking
to
provide
opportunities
to
Black
contractors.
I
might
remind
you
that
the
my
MBE
category
includes
also
Hispanics
and
Asians
and
their
organizations
that
can
help
you
make
contact
with
those
groups
as
well.
So
as
we
want
to
be
inclusive
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
do
be
mindful
that
there
are
other
organizations
and
groups
that
should
be
included
in
the
Outreach.
E
Secondly,
there's
this
question
about
good
faith
efforts
and
I,
wonder
if
there's
a
clause
in
the
RFP
that
defines
good
faith
efforts
and
that
perhaps
there
it
should
be
strengthened
or
explained
to
include
something
along
the
lines
of
participation
in
Outreach,
match
making
efforts
and
that
that
will
be
part
of
the
assessment
or
determination
whether
a
prime
has
actually
engaged
in
good
faith.
You,
of
course
you
know,
I,
think
the
law
department
will
tell
you.
E
You
can't
force
crimes
and
general
contractors
to
participate,
but
one
thing
you
can
do
is
you
can
outline
what
a
good
faith
effort
is
and
includes,
and
you
can
tell
them
and
you
will
when
we
make
a
determination.
You
know
your
participation
in
these
government
sponsors.
Commerce
Department,
sponsored
activities
related
to
this
project
will
be
counted
so
that
when
the
time
comes
and
they
say
well,
we
tried
and
we
didn't
get
you
can
say.
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Jennifer.
We
we
do
have
a
definition
of
good
faith
effort
and
to
your
point,
we
can
make
sure
that
you
know
moving
forward.
You
know
we.
We
talked
to
Chairman
Department
to
make
sure
that
that
criteria
is
listed
in
our
all
rfps,
so
that
people
know
contractors
know
from
the
beginning
what
a
good
faith
effort
is
so
that
you
know
if
they
do
not
fulfilled.
They
already
know
that
they
did
not
go
and
then
they
can
go
down
that
checklist.
So
you
know
that
that
recommendation
is
is
duly
noted.
B
Hi
everyone
good
morning,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
I'm,
nakisha,
Bailey,
CEO
and
co-founder
of
woodman
coffee
Philadelphia's.
First,
black
woman
lead
coffee,
roaster
distributor
and
co-roasting
Training
Facility
also
on
the
call
is
Matthew
Nam,
my
co-founder
of
Winwood,
and
we're
very
excited
to
be
here
and
tell
you
about
our
business
and
just
speak
about
some
of
the
experiences
we've
had
as
a
black
owned
in
women
and
want
my
own
business
in
Philadelphia.
So.
F
G
B
It
was
one
of
the
first
coffee
Enterprises
that
we
entered
into,
but
quickly
had
to
shut
our
doors
because
of
the
pandemic.
So
throughout
the
pandemic
we
were
thinking
of
other
ways.
We
could
still
you
know,
generate
income.
We
had
built
a
very
strong
brand
and
we
began
researching
what
it
would
actually
take
to
insert
ourselves
into
the
coffee
supply
chain,
so
not
only
be
a
coffee
shop
but
be
able
to
roast
and
provide
coffee
to
others.
During
that
time
we
launched
our
initial
roast.
B
B
Throughout
this,
it's
a
bit
about
a
process
of
two
years
of
finding
a
vocation
scaling
our
coffee
business
we've
had.
We
have
had
hit
a
couple
of
roadblocks
as
a
you
know:
minority-owned
business
in
the
city,
one
being
accessed
the
Capital
One
being
net.
You
know
access
to
certain
networks
and
certain
procurement
teams.
The
farther
along
we
went
into
the
process
is
when
we
learned
of
you
know
the
actual
different
organizations
that
were
present
in
the
city
that
could
help
introduce
us
provide
resources.
B
So
that
was
definitely
an
experience
that
we
kind
of
learned
as
you
as
we
went
along.
So
we
are
members
of
the
afro
African-American
chamber.
We
participate
heavily
with
the
Urban
League,
we're
also
members
of
the
Hispanic
chamber
as
well
and
so
being
able
to
utilize.
Those
different
resources
has
been
instrumental
in
terms
of
meeting
procurement
people
meeting.
You
know
banking
officials.
What
could
be
provide
access
to
Capital
for
the
past
two
years?
Matt
and
I
have
bootstrap
win-win
and
we've
been
able
to.
B
We've
also,
you
know,
our
business
model
is
a
little
different
because
we
do
work
directly
with
the
farmers.
We
have
a
vertically
integrated
supply
chain,
so
we
are
able
to
pay
the
farmers
a
little
bit
more.
The
farmer
coffee
is
a
500
billion
dollar
industry.
It's
the
second
highest
rated
commodity
in
the
world,
after
oil,
which
I
don't
think
people
realize
how
big
of
an
industry
it
actually
is,
but
Farmers
see
the
less
Revenue
in
this
this
massive
industry.
B
So
we
work
hard
to
make
sure
that
the
Farms
that
we
work
with
directly
do
receive
a
living
wage.
Our
supply
chain
is
diaspa
Centric,
so
a
black
hand
touches
every
part
of
supply
chain
from
seed
to
cup.
We
also
work
closely
with
power
core
in
terms
of
hiring
and
training
the
next
generation
of
coffee
professionals
to
show
people
that
you
can
go
beyond
having
a
shop.
B
If
you
want
to
and
actually
be
a
real
participant
in
the
industry
by
owning
parts
of
the
supply
chain,
our
coffee
coffees
are
featured
from
African
countries,
so
we
have
Blends
right
now
from
Ghana
from
Rwanda
from
Tanzania
and
from
Ethiopia.
We
are
working
closely
with
the
Colombian
Colombian
government,
who
has
reached
out
to
us
because
they've
seen
the
success
we've
had
with
our
African
Blends
that
we're
working
with
afro-colombian
Farmers
directly
to
highlight
Rose
from
that
region.
B
You
know
it's.
It
would
be
great
to
to
know
that
companies
are
actually
have
intentions
behind
their
words.
Yes,
you
want
them
a
minority
supplier.
Yes,
you
want
a
woman-owned
supplier,
but
what
are
you
actually
doing
to
bring
that
into
your
institution
outside
of
doing
the
procurement
meetings?
We
do
the
follow-ups,
but
what
are
the
actual
concrete
steps
into
getting
my
coffee
into
Drexel
into
UPenn
into
Jefferson
Health,
which
we've
been
having
the
conversations
and
they
are
moving
forward.
G
B
A
A
E
I
do
have
a
question,
and
so
Nat
and
nikisha
it's
great
to
see
you
once
again.
What,
if
you
could,
what
does
Philadelphia
need
to
prioritize
in
order
to
support
small
businesses
like
yours
like
if
you
had,
if
you
said
if
the
city
would
would
improve
this
three
things,
it
would
create
a
better
place
for
us
in
which
to
thrive.
E
B
So
we
are
graduates
of
the
Goldman
Sachs
10K
SB
program.
We've
gone
through
the
Santander
cultivate
Small
Business
program,
we've
done
Aramark,
diverse
supplier
program,
I
think
that's
it.
We've
also
wanted
a
few
pitch
competitions
too,
which
I
also
know
is
a
luxury
being
able
to
actually
map
out
and
plan
out
and
have
time
to
do
things,
but
you
know
I
think
again.
That's
something
that
I
think.
B
E
B
A
I'd
love
to
piggyback
off
of
when
Keisha
said,
I
think
also
creating
some
type
of
funneling
system.
Where
there's
a
pipeline
because
I
think
stage,
gating
is
really
the
core
focus
of
this,
because
businesses
are
at
different
stages
of
their
life
cycle.
So
if
we
stage
gate
them
put
them
through
a
funnel
and
watch
them
through
this
pipeline,
you
achieve
this.
You
you
get
to
the
next
stage.
You
achieve
this.
A
C
B
Yes,
so
one
of
the
the
biggest
reason
why
farmers
earn
less
is
because
there
are
so
many
middlemen
in
terms
of
moving
coffee
every
time
the
coffee
moves.
It
loses
its
value,
but
it
allows
the
buyer,
on
the
other
end,
to
to
have
a
huge
markup
and
so
we're
able
to
Source,
because
we
have
direct
relationships
with
the
farmers
in
different
International
governments.
We're
able
to
import
Rose,
Grime
and
distribute
all
through
our
supply
chain.
B
To
to
allow
the
farmers
to
earn
a
higher
wage,
but
also
we
control
every
aspect
of
it
or
we're
connected
to
every
aspect
of
it,
so
we're
able
to
get
the
coffee
a
little
bit
faster
because
we
have
been
able
to
build
this
network
and
supply
chain
and
we're
also
able
to
get
mass
quantities
of
it
for
the
bulk
buyers.
Okay,.
C
B
Types
of
farmers
we
are
able
to
do
be
competitive
with
larger
Distributors,
but
we
also
want
to
you
know
people
to
pay
the
value
for
the
coffee
and
knowing
that
they're.
Actually,
their
dollars
are
going
into
an
odd
diastercentric
supply
chain
and
they're
having
a
direct
effect
on
the
farmer
and
knowing
that
you
know
for
a
lot
of
these
are
large
institutions
that
that
you
know
talk
about
dni
efforts,
it's
important
to
their
teams
to
be
able
to
Showcase
and
show
that
they
actually
are
putting
their
money.
Where.
C
H
C
H
We
work
with
our
community
stakeholders
and
do
anything
we
can
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
in
our
community,
including
serving
as
the
rco
and
managing
and
managing
the
business
card,
or
so
this
is
our
our
mission
and
vision,
I'm
going
to
run
through
some
of
these
a
little
faster,
so
I
can
get
to
the
corridor.
Specifically,
these
are
the
things
I
mentioned
that
we
do
during
covid.
H
We
pretty
much
ceased
a
lot
of
the
work
we
were
doing
on
the
corridor
and
focused
on
covid-19
support
relief
for
business
owners.
We
we
helped
with
PPE
and
to
get
them
grants
and
and
to
clean
up,
and
then
we
return
to
what
we
do
now,
which
has
a
lot
to
do
with
the
quality
of
life
in
the
community,
as
well
as
the
business
Corridor,
because
we
want
to
ensure
that
the
community
is
prepared
for
a
corridor
that
is
clean
and
safe,
and
so.
H
A
C
F
H
C
H
C
C
C
B
I'll
put
the
website
in
the
chat
The
Jasper
house
is
in
Kensington
at
825,
East
Boston.
So
it's
a
brand
new
development.
That's
it's
going
to
be
a
hundred
residential
units
and
then
the
ground
floor
is
for
industrial
or
commercial
businesses,
which
I
think
only
two
are
filled
so
I
know
our
developer
was
still
looking
for
minority-owned
businesses.
You
could
take
the
the
additional
spaces
but
I'll
put
links
to
both
in
the
chat.
E
C
As
long
as
you
can
see
it
Mr
Allen
long
as
you
can
see
it,
you
can
speak
off
your
slides,
then
that'll
probably
work
until
you
know.
I
know
you
have
a
a
drone
presentation
that
we
all
wanted
to
see,
but
maybe
you
know
you
can
figure
it
out
it
out.
As
you
speak
about
your
organization
and
what
you
have
done
in
that
quarter.
C
H
So
Lancaster
Avenue
is
from
52nd
to
63rd,
with
support
of
a
team
of
folks
from
overbooked.
We
have
managed
to
provide
a
enhanced
Corridor
Commerce
Department
early
on
gave
us
support
for
a
master
plan
that
helped
us
to
provide
fiscal
enhancements
to
the
corridor,
and
so
we've
been
working
off
of
that
plan.
H
H
H
We
intend
to
improve
the
store
from
storefronts
of
some
of
the
businesses
along
the
6200
block
of
Lancaster
and
the
1900
block
of
North
63rd
Street,
with
hopefully
receiving
other
funding
from
Pennsylvania
Department
of
community
and
economic
development.
We've
been
working
on
renovating
a
few
properties,
one
for
our
office
space
that
we
hope
to
move
into
later
this
year.
H
We
have
done
quite
a
bit
in
helping
the
other
entities
on
the
corridor
one.
We
we
have
the
blessing
as
well
of
the
challenge
of
having
two
major
public
works
projects
on
our
Corridor.
One
is
Overbrook,
High,
School
and
one
is
custom
playground,
both
of
which
are
historic
public
facilities.
So
we've
been
working
very
hard
with
those
two
entities
to
try
to
ensure
that
they
are
stable
and
growing
and
maintained
at
the
56th
Street
side
of
the
corridor.
H
There's
a
a
plaza
called
the
Overbrook
Plaza
that
has
been
restored.
Thanks
to
our
council
member
Curtis
Jones,
and
there
we
have
quite
a
few
new
black
owned
businesses,
one
of
the
most
popular
ones
in
Philadelphia,
particularly
West
Philadelphia
called
Blue
Brook
I'm,
a
very
a
well-known
music
and
food
establishment.
H
There's
a
new
food
establishment
called
crafties
and
a
third
barbecue
place
called
dibs
so
up
and
down
the
corridor.
There
are
opportunities
for
growth
and
development,
which
is
one
of
the
things
I
think
I'd
like
to
talk
to
Ms
Bailey,
about
we'd
love
to
have
a
win-win
coffee
in
Overbrook,
because
our
our
purpose
has
been
to
ensure
that
Overbrook
is
a
a
place
where
small,
black
brown
minority,
Enterprise
businesses
can
find
a
place
to
grow,
develop
and
thrive,
and
so
we've
done
that
at
different
locations
at
50
at
62nd
Street.
H
There
are
two
new
business
entities
happening.
One
is
a
commercial
development
which
is
going
to
be
five
stories
of
housing
with
commercial
properties
on
the
lower
level
and
then
next
to
it,
a
long-term
business,
overwork
Environmental,
Education
Center
is
building
a
pharmacy
f-a-r-m
Pharmacy
that'll
provide
fresh
fruit,
fresh
Foods,
fruit
and
vegetables
to
our
community.
H
Overbook
is
home
to
two
Transportation
hubs.
The
Malvern
trolley
Loop,
which
is
at
62nd
and
Malvern,
and
that
is
been
cited
by
SEPTA,
is
one-
is
three
of
the
top
ten
Transportation
routes
come
through
that
trolley
Loop
every
every
day.
The
G
bus,
the
10
trolley
and
the
46.,
so
about
less
than
a
half
a
mile
away
is
the
Overbrook
train
station,
which
is
home
to
the
largest,
the
most
traveled
Regional
Rail
line,
the
Paoli
Thorndale
and
another
development.
H
H
Ensuring
that
our
Corridor,
our
community
is
safe,
working
with
the
streets
department
and
the
police
department
to
ensure
that
it's
free
of
any
kind
of
debris
or
abandoned
Autos
or
tractor
trailers.
And
again
we
had
it
lit
with
the
support
of
the
streets
department,
the
new
LED
lighting.
So
it's
a
really
a
beautiful
place
for
new
investment.
We
hope
to
we.
We
intend
to
apply
for
additional
funding
from
dced
next
month
in
the
form
of
a
rackp
grant.
H
H
That's
one
thing:
the
other
is
that
our
neighbors,
many
of
whom
Overbrook
is
known
as
a
middle
neighborhood,
and
many
of
our
neighbors
are
low
income,
which
doesn't
all
which
sometimes
means
fixed
income
that
didn't
keep
paced
with
inflation,
and
so
they
need
places
within
walking
distance
around
the
community
where
they
can
shop
and
do
business.
Our
Corridor
has
largely
been
an
industrial
Corridor
about
60
of
it.
C
And
what
does
revitalizing
that
area
do
for
the
safety?
And
you
know
what
impact
has
it
had
on?
You
know
maybe
eliminating
or
a
reducing
crime.
The
you
know
the
more
an
area
is
built
up
in
the
more
you
know.
People
have
to
do
and
the
income
that
comes
in
there
and
the
opportunities.
What
what
impact
have
you
seen?
H
So
I'm
a
Believer
in
broken
windows
Theory
it's
been
used
in
ways
that
were
not
intended
by
its
authors,
but
clearly,
if
you
find
some
facility
a
warehouse,
this
is
what
the
authors
believe
that
have
broken
windows
and
those
windows
don't
get
repaired.
Then
another
window
is
broken
and
another
one,
and
then
it
becomes
a
negative
use
of
that
facility.
H
Instead,
we've
been
repairing
those
windows,
and
so
people
have
seen
positive
ways
to
benefit
from
our
community.
So
the
more
improvements
we
make,
the
more
investment
that
comes
to
our
public
facilities
to
attracting
places
like
bluebrook
to
attracting
you
know,
other
commercial
investment,
the
more
investment
we
make
in
making
the
corridor
safe
and
clean
the
the
better
our
opportunities
for
attracting
commercial
investment.
C
D
I
have
a
question:
I
just
have
a
comment
that
was
a
great
overview
of
the
work
that's
being
done
and
and
your
Corridor.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
think.
After
listening
to
Miss
Bailey
and
listening
to
all
the
effort
and
the
work
that's
been
driven
out
of
the
West
Philadelphia
area,
there's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
work
even
closer
together.
D
There
is
there's
a
lot
of
resources
that
do
go
towards
small
businesses,
but
I.
Think
the
navigation
process
is
still
sort
of
convoluted
and
I
think
we
could
do
a
better
job.
Getting
that
information
out
the
diverse
Chambers,
we
do
a
survey
twice
a
year,
I
think
it
would
be
helpful,
Mr
Allen
to
have
you
participate,
as
well
as
the
other
Corridor
managers
and
helping
us
get
that
out,
because
I
think
we
really
need
to
focus
on.
D
We
know
the
resources
are
there,
but
if
the
end
user
doesn't
know
the
resources
are
there,
then
they
don't
exist,
and
so
we
have
to
work
together
to
do
that.
There
are
a
lot
of
initiatives
that
come
out
of
the
Commerce
Department
that
people
just
don't
know
about.
There
are
a
lot
of
initiatives
that
comes
from
each
of
the
chambers
that
people
just
don't
know
about.
So
that
means
we
have
some
more
work
to
do
so.
D
H
H
Business
owners
some
50
years
plus
many
of
them
are
brand
new,
and
so
the
level
of
knowledge
and
expertise
for
somebody
that's
been
in
business
for
50
years
is
very
different
from
someone
who's
been
in
business
for
two
or
three
and
and
I
want
to
kind
of
highlight
something:
Miss,
Bailey
and
and
I'm
sorry,
a
partner
I
know
his
last
name
is
Namaste,
because
I
love
that
and
so
in
covid.
One
of
the
things
we
discovered
was
that
the
back
of
the
house
was
probably
the
most
challenging
component
for
new
business
owners.
H
Our
elected
officials
made
every
effort
to
distribute
covet
funding
to
lots
of
businesses
that
were
not
able
to
receive
it,
because
maybe
some
of
their
back
of
the
house
support
was
needed
needed
some
help.
So
we
would
love
to
partner
with
you
to
help
them
with
that
and
to
help
promote
our
Corridor.
One
of
the
things
we've
asked
the
Commerce
department
for
is
for
some
support
to
to
let
people
know
that
there
is
a
Overbrook
upper
Lancaster,
Avenue
business
Corridor.
You
don't
have
to
do
everything
in
some
of
the
other
corridors.
H
You
can
shop
right
here
at
home,
I
think
that
was
one
of
the
biggest
purposes
for
the
overworked
Night
Market,
because
we
wanted
people
to
know
that
you
can
come
right
outside
in
your
own
neighborhood
and
shop
and
have
a
good
time
and
patronize
black
brown
minority,
women-owned
businesses
and
feel
safe
and
not
have
to
go
5-10
miles
away
from
home.
So
we
welcome
the
opportunity
to
do
that
with
you.
Miss
Hairston.
F
H
C
Okay,
so
that's
if,
for
our
speakers
today,
I
would
like
to
thank
all
our
speakers
and
add
the
following
comments.
As
both
the
chair
of
this
community
and
as
well
as
the
deputy
Commerce
director
for
the
office
of
Economic
Opportunity.
We
continue
to
look
for
innovative
ways
to
increase
mbwe,
dsb
and
DB
participation
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
Con
contracts,
therefore,
I
invite
the
MBE,
WB
DSP
DB
Community,
to
utilize
the
workshops
and
information
sessions
that
oeo
provides
every
third
and
fourth
Wednesday
of
the
month
from
1
to
3
P.M.
C
C
They
pay
an
important
role
in
providing
information
and
opportunity
to
share
what
is
relevant
and
useful
to
the
development
of
mbewb,
dsb
and
dbe
firms
seeking
to
do
business
with
the
city,
and
they
also
provide
us
an
opportunity
to
hear
what's
going
on
out
there.
So
we
need
to
know
what's
going
out
there,
as
always,
I
remain
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
lead
this
charge
and
if
there
are
no
further
questions,
comments
or
suggestions.