Women and Minority-Owned Businesses
Seattle Mayor Seeks to Bolster Contract Opportunities for Women and Minority-Owned Firms
Efforts will be focused on improving outreach, assessment and feedback with an eye toward reaching contracting goals
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan this week signed an executive order designed to speed efforts to achieve contracting equity for the citys women and minority-owned business enterprises (WMBEs). It puts into effect several measures to better monitor and assess contracting outcomes and promote community feedback and contracting opportunities for WMBEs. The executive order calls for the…