The San Diego Regional Minority Supplier Development Council will host and celebrate the 1st annual Supplier Diversity Achievement Week in San Diego July 26 – 30, 2010.

The San Diego City Council publicly supported small and minority businesses in the region in a vote to approve the Small Local Business Enterprise (“SLBE”) program, which became effective July 1, 2010.

This initiative will aid in encouraging greater availability, capacity development, and contract participation in City contracts for minority-owned businesses. The initiative will also provide an additional race- and gender-neutral tool for the City to use in its efforts to ensure that all segments of its local business community have a reasonable and significant opportunity to participate in City contracts.

The week’s events will be information-rich for both vendors and corporations and we’ll cap things off on Friday with a jazz concert by Najee.”

Many prominent San Diego companies and organizations will be participating in panels at the event, including SDG&E, Costco, the Metropolitan Water District, the San Diego Regional AirportAuthority and us, Smooth Jazz 98.1.

For more information about Supplier Diversity Achievement Week and a complete schedule of activities, visit www.supplierdiversitysd.org or call (858) 537-2281.