Strategic Objective:
To provide business and technical assistance that helps emerging and existing minority businesses experience significant growth and sustainability and have a long-term economic impact through the creation of jobs and revenue.
Who We Help: El Paso region businesses with at least 51% ethnic minority ownership.
Funding Partners
Funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency
El Paso MBDA Business Center
Minority businesses are vital to the progress of economic development and workforce development. The El Paso
MBDA Business Center Program of the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency employs a
comprehensive strategy that includes a nationwide network of business assistance resources.
El Paso MBDA Business Center's use of Technology
We will use a variety of new MBDA technology tools designed to leverage the benefits of information technology to
assist the minority business community.
El Paso MBDA Business Center Approach
We will use the Minority Business Development Agency’s (MBDA) systems-integrated approach to effectively assist
minority businesses with growth and development.
Strategic Partners
The El Paso MBDA Business Center has 10 organizations that it recognizes as its primary strategic partners:
- Accion Texas
- Bank of the West
- Cielo Vista Insurance
- City of El Paso – Department of Economic Development
- Contract Opportunities Center – El Paso Community College
- El Paso 8A & Government Contractors Association
- El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Riviera Finance
- United Bank of El Paso del Norte
- Wells Fargo Insurance
