Minority-owned Business /tags/minority-owned-business Minority-owned Business en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wed, 24 Jan 2024 21:30:46 GMT St. Louis County gives fewer contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses /economy-business/2024-01-24/st-louis-county-gives-fewer-contracts-to-minority-and-women-owned-businesses An independently produced report includes complaints of companies facing a double standard, bid shopping and closed networks. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 21:30:46 GMT /economy-business/2024-01-24/st-louis-county-gives-fewer-contracts-to-minority-and-women-owned-businesses Lauren Brennecke St. Louis-based Karviva aims to unite ‘ancient wisdom with modern innovation’ /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-05-24/st-louis-based-karviva-aims-to-unite-ancient-wisdom-with-modern-innovation St. Louis-based Fulfill Food & Beverages recently notched $1 million in annual sales — largely due to the popularity of its Karviva (formerly Karuna) prebiotic smoothie and juice beverages. Tue, 24 May 2022 21:17:05 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-05-24/st-louis-based-karviva-aims-to-unite-ancient-wisdom-with-modern-innovation Emily Woodbury How Grind + Growth Helps Provide Access To Resources For Minority Business Owners /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-03-24/how-grind-growth-helps-provide-access-to-resources-for-minority-business-owners Valerie Liddell hopes to build Grind + Growth into the state’s first Black-owned business incubator. The two-year-old south St. Louis nonprofit features co-working space and resources to promote minority entrepreneurship. Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:30:49 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-03-24/how-grind-growth-helps-provide-access-to-resources-for-minority-business-owners Lara Hamdan Erby Files Whistleblower Suit Against St. Louis County /government-politics-issues/2020-10-16/erby-files-whistleblower-suit-against-st-louis-county A former St. Louis County Councilwoman and member of Sam Page’s administration has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the county. Hazel Erby’s suit, filed Friday, accuses Page of firing her as the county’s director of diversity, equity and inclusion in August because she told Page that a contract for a temporary morgue did not have enough participation from minority- or women-owned businesses. Fri, 16 Oct 2020 22:24:24 GMT /government-politics-issues/2020-10-16/erby-files-whistleblower-suit-against-st-louis-county Rachel Lippmann Some Minority-Owned Businesses Deal With Double Whammy Of Pandemic, Then Looting /economy-innovation/2020-06-22/some-minority-owned-businesses-deal-with-double-whammy-of-pandemic-then-looting Earlier this month, Yousef Shawish woke up at 4 a.m. to a call from the police. They told him his convenience store, Quick Shop One Market on Natural… Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:40:41 GMT /economy-innovation/2020-06-22/some-minority-owned-businesses-deal-with-double-whammy-of-pandemic-then-looting Corinne Ruff Microlender Gets Boost To Invest More In Small Minority-Owned Businesses In St. Louis /economy-business/2019-10-16/microlender-gets-boost-to-invest-more-in-small-minority-owned-businesses-in-st-louis Justine Petersen, a leading microlender in the region, hopes a $200,000 investment from JPMorgan Chase will help minority-owned small businesses north of… Wed, 16 Oct 2019 21:28:15 GMT /economy-business/2019-10-16/microlender-gets-boost-to-invest-more-in-small-minority-owned-businesses-in-st-louis Marissanne Lewis-Thompson Black Entrepreneurs Face Tougher Entry Into Medical Marijuana Industry /economy-business/2019-07-30/black-entrepreneurs-face-tougher-entry-into-medical-marijuana-industry Cheryl Watkins-Moore has a vision.Even though the building she’s standing in is empty, she points to spots where she can see a trendy coffee bar beneath a… Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:42:20 GMT /economy-business/2019-07-30/black-entrepreneurs-face-tougher-entry-into-medical-marijuana-industry Corinne Ruff