The Ann Arbor Chronicle » disadvantaged businesses http://annarborchronicle.com it's like being there Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:59:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 AATA OKs Disadvantaged Businesses Policy http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/07/19/aata-oks-disadvantaged-businesses-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aata-oks-disadvantaged-businesses-policy http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/07/19/aata-oks-disadvantaged-businesses-policy/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:22:27 +0000 Chronicle Staff http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=68139 At a special meeting held on July 19, 2011, the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority board authorized a policy establishing a goal that 3.4% of U.S. Dept. of Transportation contracting opportunities be given to disadvantaged businesses.

The U.S. DOT requires that entities receiving federal funds have a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program and that the program include the kind of goals the board approved. The AATA policy approved by the board specifies that of the 3.4%, 2% is to be achieved through “race conscious” methods and the remaining 1.4% through “race neutral” methods.

This brief was filed shortly after the AATA board met at its headquarters on 2700 South Industrial Highway. A more detailed report will follow: [link]

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