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January 2014
▪ Governor Inslee signed a proclamation creating “Minority and Women-owned Business Week” on Jan. 20-24.
▪ Tabor Members Join the Chamber, Business and Public Sector Leaders at the New Herman MckinneyEconomic Empowerment Forum
February 2014
▪ Tabor and OMWBE support SB 6426—a bill that would increase the funding for the Linked Deposit program. The program allows state certified firms to apply for loans that may have a reduced interest rate.
▪ Commerce held its first meeting of the Minority Business Roundtable Advisory Group. The Ethnic Commission Directors were present along with key voices representing our minority business community of which four were Tabor 100 members.
▪ May Ed Murray and Seattle City Council members signed legislation that will rename 19th Avenue from East Union to East Madison streets to Rev. Dr. S. McKinney Ave. (This is an honorary street name.)
▪ Tabor welcomes new Vice President, Brian Sims.
March 2014▪ Tabor attends the Regional Contracting
Forum.
▪ We met with the Interim Director at SDOT to talk about their inclusion plans, and have met with the Mayor’s Office.
▪ Ollie had a phone conversation with JobyShimomura, Governor’s Chief of Staff.
▪ Had a dinner meeting with Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson, Deputy Chief of Staff, Kelly Wicker, Brenda Nambi, Bob Armstead and Frank Lemos.
▪ We have also had meetings with Vulcan, and the OMWBE Advisory Committee.
April 2014
▪ Tabor holds annual Membership Orientation.
▪ Ollie Garrett attends, by invitation only, Walmart Stakeholder Summit.
▪ Mayor Murray Signs Executive Order Strengthening Equity in City Contracting.
May 2014
▪ Tabor holds “First Friday Business
Networking” happy hour.
▪ Cynthia Andrews is hired as Tabor’s
interim Administrator.
▪ Government Affairs Chair, Frank
Lemos is awarded The U.S. Small
Business Administration (SBA) 2014
Washington Minority Champion for
Small Business.
▪ Jacqui Mayo, Tabor Treasurer for the
last five years, moves and has to
resign from the board.
June 2014
▪ Vulcan, Tabor 100, and the
Community Get in the Game at our
“Shakin’ it Up” Business TradeShow
with over 250 attendees and 45
WMBE vendors.
July 2014
▪ Fatuma Mahmud, who graduated from Garfield
HS, won a $1,000.00 scholarship in the name of
late Seattle area architect Mel Streeter, a Tabor
100 member and past Chair of the Education
Committee.
▪ 100 attendees participated in the 2014 Minority
Business Policy Workshop, a grassroots effort
made possible by community partners, including
Tabor 100, the Washington State Ethnic
Commissions, and involved state agencies
including the Washington State Department of
Enterprise Services (DES), the Washington State
Office of Minority and Women’s Business
Enterprises (OMWBE) and the Washington
Department of Transportation.
August 2014
▪ Ollie Garrett sat on a panel at the 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs in the Northwest, an official roundtable chaired by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell.
▪ Henry Yates is Tabor 100’s new Public Affairs Chair.
▪ Tabor member, Albert Shen is appointed by the Obama Administration as the Minority Business Development Agency’s National Deputy Director.
September 2014
▪ 15th Annual Captain’s of Industry Gala. Collette Holt gave the keynote and entertainment was provided by Chandler Williams.
▪ Tabor was awarded a $25,000 grant from The Walmart Foundation and the Washington State Giving Advisory Council.
October 2014
▪ City of Seattle issues a proclamation that October 4, 2014 be Tabor 100 Anniversary Day.