Looking to support a local, minority-owned business in your neighborhood?

The Minority Business Directory is an initiative of HCEDA’s Racial Equity and Inclusion Committee, which was formed in April 2020 during a sensitive time period following major world events surrounding racial injustice and the unprecedented closure of businesses across the nation due to the COVID pandemic.

Since the creation of the committee, HCEDA has implemented several new strategies to engage local minority businesses:

• Expand minority business contacts and outreach
• Host quarterly minority business organization roundtables
• Launched Business Revitalization Initiative Through Entrepreneurship (BRITE) Program
• Host VLT Information Sessions
• Howard County Minority Business Directory

Together with the direction and support of our Board of Directors, stakeholders, and community, we are working to prioritize our efforts to increase minority business engagement and create more opportunities for small, minority businesses to succeed in Howard County. Read more here.