2026-10-19 - Economic and Cultural Opportunity Committee

14:57>> Vice Mayor Kearney: ADVERTISE

14:58TARGET OR WAL-MART?

14:59YEAH TARGET.COM HER PRODUCTS

15:01WHICH IS MAKINGS.

15:05THAT'S FANTASTIC I HAD TO ON

15:06GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT.

15:07>> AND ALLURE MAGAZINE.

15:22>> ONE OF THE THINGS IS A

15:23PARTNERSHIP AND I CAN'T TELL YOU

15:24HOW MUCH THIS IS, YOU KNOW, BEEN

15:28GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKED A LOT IS

15:31WHAT COMES NEXT AND I THINK

15:32WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE

15:35FACT THAT WE STAY CONNECTED,

15:37THEY STAY CONNECTED.

15:38I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

15:39WAS CREATED YOU THAT SEE GOING

15:41THE CLASSROOM.

15:42>> YEAH SO WE CREATED A GOOGLE

15:45CLASSROOM AS WELL AS A GROUP ME

15:47CHAT SO A LOT OF THEM STILL STAY

15:50ENGAGED IT IS ALWAYS LIKE WHAT

15:51HAPPENS NEXT AND SO I LOVE THE

15:53FACT THAT THEY CREATED LIKE THIS

15:56COMMUNITY WHERE THIS CAN KEEP

15:58VIBES OFF EACH OTHER AND DOING

15:59BUSINESS WITH EACHER OTHER.

16:02AND THAT SHE SAID THE ROOM

16:05MATTERS, SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE A

16:07SPACE LIKE THIS WHERE MAYBE IT

16:08IS NOT BEING DONE ON THIS LEVEL

16:10OR IN THIS CAPACITY, BUT JUST

16:12MAKING SURE THE APPROPRIATE

16:13ROOMS ARE THERE IS REALLY

16:15HELPING THESE ENTREPRENEURS

16:18GROW.

16:19>> Vice Mayor Kearney: I LOVE

16:20THAT. >> WE HAVE A ARTISTIC APPROACH

16:22TO BEING IN THE ROOM.

16:23HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE

16:25PLAY HAMILTON AND WE ALWAYS TELL

16:27THE BUSINESS YOU DEFINITELY WANT

16:28TO BE IN THE ROOM WHERE IT

16:29HAPPENS.

16:30>> Vice Mayor Kearney: BE IN THE

16:31ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS, YES, LOVE

16:32IT.

16:33>> SO I JUST WANT TO IN CLOSING

16:36TO JUST TO THANK YOU TO THE

16:38CITY, CITY COUNCIL, THE

16:39DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION

16:40AND PROCUREMENT FOR THE

16:42INVESTMENT, THE PARTNERSHIP WE

16:44ARE SO PROUD OF WHAT THIS HAS

16:46BEEN BUILT ACROSS THESE THREE

16:49COHORTS AND NEXT MEASURE OF

16:50SUCCESS IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER

16:53THE COHORTS AND OWNERS PURSUE

16:55CAPITAL, CREATE JOBS AND

16:57SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND SCALE.

16:58SO WE JUST ON BEHALF OF THE

16:59URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER

17:01SOUTHWEST OHIO AND MY BOSS

17:06CHRISTY COONS, THANK YOU ALL

17:07VERY MUCH.

17:08>> THANK YOU, YOU DO AMAZING

17:11WORK I SEEN YOU WORK WITH A LOT

17:12OF BUSINESSES AND STRUGGLING

17:14BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM STAY

17:15AFLOAT AND TO MOVE FORWARD OR

17:17DECIDE WHAT'S NEXT FOR THEM.

17:20AND SO IMPORTANT.

17:21LET ME ASK YOU FOR, VOW DONE

17:26THREE BOOT CAMPS AS IS THERE

17:27ANOTHER ONE COMING, WHEN DO THEY

17:29APPLY AND WHAT'S THE CRITERIA?

17:31>> CAN I PITCH NOW?

17:37WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN I THINK

17:39PART OF IT IS TO LOOK AT FUNDING

17:41AND INVESTING IN THE NEXT LEVEL

17:43SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

17:44WE HAVE A PIPELINE OF PEOPLE WHO

17:47ARE INTERESTED, SO WE WOULD LIKE

17:48TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS TO

17:50IF WE COULD CONTINUE A

17:52PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

17:53I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN

17:55TALKING ABOUT SOME LESSONS AND

17:58SOME INCREDIBLE ENHANCEMENTS TO

17:59CONTINUE TO GROW IT BECAUSE IT

18:01IS JUST, YOU KNOW.

18:02>> ONCE YOU START SOMETHING GOOD

18:04YOU CAN'T STOP.

18:05I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.

18:07HOW DO WE SIGN UP.

18:08SO THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO GET

18:09THOSE QUESTIONS.

18:10SO, ARE THESE -- SO ARE MOST OF

18:13THE OF THE BUSINESSES IN BOOT

18:16CAMPS BUSINESS THAT IS HAVE BEEN

18:17ONGOING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND

18:19NEW BUSINESSES?

18:20>> YES, THEY WORK LIKE STARTUPS.

18:24I SAY DIFFERENT TYPES OF START

18:25YOU WANTS BUT MOST OF THESE ARE

18:27BUSINESS THAT IS ARE YEARS IN

18:28BUSINESS, DECADES IN BUSINESS.

18:30SOME OF THEIR REVENUE RANGE ARE

18:34IN HAVE BEEN 50 TO 6 FIGURE, SO

18:39THESE ARE MORE ESTABLISHED

18:42BUSINESSES.

18:43>> Vice Mayor Kearney: I WANT TO

18:44GIVE A SHOUT OUT I SEE ANNETTE

18:46IS HERE FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN

18:48CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SHE DOES

18:49GREAT WORK WITH BUSINESSES.

18:51THERE IS A LOT OF INTERACTION

18:53AND COLLABORATION THERE.

18:54SO REALLY APPRECIATE HER, THANK

18:56YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

18:58OKAY. SO LET ME TURN IT OVER TO, YOU

19:01KNOW LET ME ASK ONE MORE

19:02QUESTION, THIS MIGHT BE FOR

19:07DICAST SO WE CASTELLINI WE HAD

19:09AT THAT GET THAT AND THAT

19:11CERTIFIED WITH THE CITY AND THEY

19:12SAID IT WOULD HELP IF WE TALK

19:14ABOUT WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.

19:16SEW WHO BETTER THAN OUR DIRECTOR

19:19OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND

19:21PROCUREMENT, SEE I GOT IT RIGHT.

19:23>> I WILL SAY I CAN GIVE YOU A

19:26LONG ANSWER OR SHORT ANSWER I

19:27WILL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT.

19:29BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE

19:30SHARING A LITTLE MORE

19:31INFORMATION ABOUT THE BENEFITS

19:32OF CERTIFICATION AT AN EVENT

19:35THAT WE HAVE COMING UP

19:37OCTOBER 29.

19:38BUT ULTIMATELY THE CITY OF

19:40CINCINNATI EVERY CONTRACT OVER

19:43$50,000 HAS INCLUSION GOALS

19:45WHETHER THAT'S MBE OR WEBB GOALS

19:47AND SO THESE CERTIFICATIONS ARE

19:50OFFERED FOR FREE AND AS A

19:52HUNDRED PERCENT ON LINE

19:53APPLICATION B..

19:54BUT THESE CERTIFICATIONS CAN

19:56GIVE AWE UPPER HAND WHEN ARE YOU

19:58LOOKING AT PARTNERSHIPS OR

20:00SUBCONTRACTING WITH DIFFERENT

20:01AND HELP GET YOUR FOOT IN THE

20:02DOOR AND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO DO

20:04BIGGER THAN SNEAKERS WITH THE

20:05CINCINNATI AND WE HAVE SO -P

20:06MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND REALLY

20:07NEED OUR BUSINESSES TO

20:10PARTICIPATE AND THE COME PET

20:12SOLICITATIONS THAT WE GO AND PUT

20:14OUT.

20:15>> Vice Mayor Kearney: THAT'S WONDERFUL.

20:16AND SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE

20:17ARE SOME PRIVATE COMPANIES, MANY

20:19OF THE LARGE PRIVATE COMPANIES

20:21ACTUALLY ASK THE CITY WHO IS ON

20:23THE LIST, THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

20:25BUT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY WANT TO

20:28CHOOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY

20:30CERTIFIED WITH US. SO IT IS A GOOD DIDN'T FOR

20:32GROWING YOUR BUSINESS.

20:33SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

20:37OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER, PRESIDENT

20:40JOHNSON.

20:41>> President Pro Tem Johnson:

20:42THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING

20:43HERE THIS MORNING.

20:50THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO.

20:56STEVE OUR MILLITY YOU NEED TO

21:12STICK YOUR CHEST OUT AND LET

21:14PEOPLE SEE THE AMAZING WORK

21:16THAT'S GOING ON.

21:18IT IS NOT BRAGGING IF IT COMES

21:21THROUGH. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS

21:23COMING THROUGH.

21:25AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE'RE SO

21:27HUMBLE WE DON'T WANT TO TALK

21:29ABOUT THE THINGS WE'RE DOING.

21:30I'M NOT GOOD AT THAT EITHER.

21:32BUT WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT

21:34IT.

21:35BUT THIS IS -- THIS IS GAME

21:38CHANGING. THIS PARADIGM SHIFT CHANGE WHEN

21:42PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES ARE ON ON

21:46THE TRAJECTORY HEADING UPWARDS

21:48AND MOVING OUTWARD IN THIS

21:51BRINGING OTHERS IN THE

21:52NETWORKING THAT I'M HEARING

21:54THAT'S GOING ON SO YOU CAN SHARE

21:56THOSE EXPERIENCES.

22:01SO, WE DON'T DO IT ENOUGH HERE

22:02IN THE CITY WHEN WE DO GOOD

22:05THINGS. AND WE DON'T THAT THAT JUST

22:07DON'T DO IT BECAUSE THIS ARE

22:10PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TELLING US

22:11WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING IN

22:14CINCINNATI. BUT THIS IS A CLEAR PICTURE OF

22:17WHAT IS HAPPENING.

22:19AND THE URBAN LEAGUE AND I WILL

22:21TELL MISS PRESIDENT CHRISTY

22:23HERSELF, YOU NEED TO STICK YOUR

22:25CHEST OUT. SOMETIMES YOU DO NEED TO LET

22:27PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY ALL OF THE

22:31GOOD THINGS THAT ARE TAKING

22:32PLACE. THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER, I

22:34TELL MY FRIEND ERIC ALL THE

22:35TIME, STICK YOUR CHEST OUT

22:41BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO TALK

22:42ABOUT WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING IN

22:43CINCINNATI.

22:44WE HEAR THAT WAY TOO MUCH.

22:46SO CONGRATULATIONS

22:48CONGRATULATIONS, WHATEVER ROLE I

22:50CAN PLAY FROM THIS DAYS TO MAKE

22:57SURE YOUR BUSINESS CONTINUES AND

22:59BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO EXCEL

23:03BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF IT.

23:04AND I'M GOING TO CONVINCE MY

23:06COLLEAGUES TO COME ON BOARD TO

23:07BE A PART OF THIS SUCCESS.

23:11SO STICK YOUR CHEST OUT.

23:13CONGRATULATIONS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE NEXT

23:16NUMBERS IN THE 40'S AND 50'S

23:18THAT GRADUATE FROM THE BOOT

23:20CAMPS AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M

23:22TRYING TO PUT MORE WORK ON YOU

23:24BECAUSE CAPACITY MATTERS, BUT WE

23:26GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE

23:30BRAGGING, IT IS NOT BRAG, WE AR.

23:36>> Vice Mayor Kearney: INFORMING

23:37THE PUBLIC?

23:38>> President Pro Tem Johnson: NO, NO, I KNOW YOU TRIED.

23:40SHE IS SO SUITE.

23:41BUT IT IS NOT BRAGGING WHEN YOU

23:43CAN GET IT DONE.

23:45IT IS NOT BRAGGING.

23:46I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER

23:48ADJECTIVE, BUT IT AIN'T BRAGGING

23:49WHEN YOU GET IT DONE AND THE

23:51URBAN LEAGUE IS GETTING IT DONE

23:52SO CONGRATULATIONS, I WILL STOP

23:54THERE.

23:55CONGRATULATIONS AND KEEP UP THE

23:56AMAZING WORK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

24:04>> Councilmember Albi: THANK YOU TO THE ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE

24:05HERE.

24:06WORK LIKE THESE DOESN'T HAPPEN

24:08WITHOUT INTENTIONALITY.

24:09THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN BY EXTEND.

24:10THIS TOOK FOCUS AND INTENTION

24:13AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE

24:14PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY,

24:16THANK YOU DIRECTOR AND AMAZING

24:18PARTNERS LIKE URBAN LEAGUE AND

24:19OTHERS AND EVERYONE WHO IS PARTS

24:20OF THIS.

24:21YOU KNOW MY DAD STARTED HIS OWN

24:24BUSINESS WAY BACK AND HE SAYS

24:26PRETTY OFTEN THAT STARTING

24:27BUSINESS WAS THE HARDEST THING

24:29HE EVER DID.

24:30IF HE KNEW OHIO HOW HARD IT WAS

24:32GOING TO BE HE WOULD HAVE NEVER

24:33DONE IT.

24:34TO THE ENTREPRENEURS IN THE

24:36ROOM, CONGRATULATIONS, I KNOW

24:37THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS IT

24:40TAKES IT IS THE LIFE LINE OF OUR

24:41CITY THAT CREATIVITY AND

24:44DEDICATION FROM OUR SMALL

24:45BUSINESS OWNERS.

24:46SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING FUEL

24:48OUR ECONOMY AND OUR

24:49NEIGHBORHOODS THIS WAY.

24:52IFS VERY EXCITING TO TAKE PART

24:54THIS AND CELEBRATE THESE TYPES

24:55OF WINS.

24:56CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.

24:58>> Vice Mayor Kearney: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

24:59YOU HAVE TO COME BACK. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING

25:01ABOUT CLASS NUMBER 4 FOR BOOT

25:05CAMPS. THANK YOU, THIS IS REAL, REALLY

25:08FANTASTIC.

25:09WE APPRECIATE YOU.

25:16OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS FROM

25:18DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION

25:19AND PROCUREMENT TO TALK ABOUT

25:21THE FIFTH ANNUAL BUSINESS

25:23ENTERPRISE EXPO.

25:25WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR LAURA

25:29CASTILLO. WE HAVE DEION CHER I WHO IS

25:32DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND BETHANY

25:34APPRECIATE ARRESTED WHO IS A

25:37BUYER. ALL RIGHT.

25:41>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

25:43EXCITED TO BE HERE, ESPECIALLY

25:44ON THIS SIDE THIS MORNING.

25:46AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE

25:48PERFECT SEGUE TO SHARE A LITTLE

25:51BIT ABOUT OUR BUSINESS

25:52ENTERPRISE EXPO COMING UP

25:54BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE THAT HAD A

25:55LOT OF FOLKS MAY WANT TO KNOW

25:57OKAY WHAT'S NEXT, HOW DO I GET

25:59INVOLVED WASHING DOES IT LOOK

26:00LIKE TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE

26:01CITY OF CINCINNATI.

26:03AND WE HAVE THIS AMAZING EVENT

26:05THAT WE PUT ON EVERY YEAR, THE

26:07BIGGEST EVENT THAT COMES OUT OF

26:08OUR OFFICE AND IT IS ACTUALLY

26:09THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'RE DOING

26:11IN SUCH CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH

26:13PROCUREMENT GIVEN THAT WE ARE

26:14NOW THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC

26:17INCLUSION AND PROCUREMENT. AND

26:19WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE

26:21WITH YOU THIS MORNING WHAT THE

26:22DAY WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT

26:24LITTLE CONTEXT ON WHAT THE GOAL

26:26AND MISSION FOR THIS EVENT IS.

26:27WHETHER YOU ARE STARTING YOUR

26:29OWN BUSINESS, THINKING ABOUT

26:30STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS OR A

26:31LARGER COMPANY THAT HAS DONE

26:33BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF

26:34CINCINNATI FOR SOME TIME, THERE

26:35IS SOMETHING FOR YOU AT THIS

26:37EVENT. WHETHER IT IS CONNECTING WITH

26:38COMMUNITY RESOURCES, OR LEARNING

26:40ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR

26:42SOLICITATION. SO, REALLY EXCITED THAT I HAVE

26:44WITH ME TODAY TWO LAID THAT'S

26:46ARE HELPING LEAD THE PLANNING

26:47FOR THE EVENT. WE HAVE DEION

26:49CHER I WITH THE DEVELOPMENT

26:52MANAGER AND BETHANY A BUYER ON

26:54THE DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT.

26:56WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER.

26:57>> THANK YOU, LAURA.

27:00GOOD MORNING.

27:02WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE

27:05FIFTH ANNUAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

27:07EXPO TAKING PLACE ON OCTOBER 29

27:11WITH REGULAR PROGRAMMING FROM

27:149-1.

27:15AND MATCH MAKING FROM 1-3.

27:20IT FIRST FINANCIAL CENTER THE

27:23BEINGS PRO IS OUR ANNUAL

27:24EVENTMENT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY

27:26TO BRING TOGETHER MINORITY

27:29WOMEN, SMALL CITY CERTIFIED

27:33PAYMENT CONTRACTING BUSINESSES ALONG WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS,

27:36COMMUNITY RESOURCE PARTNERS, AND

27:39BUYERS FORB A DAY OF NETWORKING,

27:42EDUCATION, AND OPPORTUNITY.

27:43AND ALSO ON THIS SLIDE IS A Q R

27:46CODE TO REGISTER FOR THIS GREAT

27:51EVENT. >> THIS WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED TO

27:53ANNOUNCE WE'LL BE HAVING TWO

27:54SUPPORT ROOMS AND WE WILL HAVE A

27:56SUPPORT ROOM SOLELY DEDICATED TO

27:58VENDOR AND CERTIFICATION

28:00SUPPORT. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS

28:02FOR THE BUSINESSES ON HOW TO

28:03BECOME CERTIFIED WITH THE CITY,

28:04IT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO

28:06HAVE ONE ON ONE ATTENTION.

28:09AS WELL AS SOFTWARE AND

28:10TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT FOR ANY

28:11ISSUES THAT THEY MAY RUN INTO

28:14USING THE SOFTWARE.

28:16ALONGSIDE OF THOSE SUPPORT ROOMS

28:18WE WILL HAVE 6 SESSIONS, THE

28:20FIRST ONE BEING THE SKY IS NOT

28:21THE LIMIT, THAT WILL BE GOING

28:23OVER DURING TECHNOLOGY AND HOW

28:24IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO A

28:27BUSINESS. COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND

28:29PARTNERSHIPS, THIS WILL BE A

28:31PANEL OF VARIOUS LOCAL PARTNERS

28:34AND RESOURCES THAT ARE ABLE TO

28:37BE UTILIZED BY SMALL BUSINESSES.

28:41UNLOCKING GROWTH WHICH WILL HELP

28:42WITH ACCESS TO CAPITAL,

28:44UNDERSTANDING BONDING AND

28:46INSURANCE.

28:47AND THEN THREE THAT WE ARE

28:48REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE NEW

28:52DEPARTMENTS NEW OPPORTUNITIES

29:25>> YES WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

29:27AND LASTLY CINCY CINCY ON TRACK

29:29WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO, SORRY

29:31BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO

29:34CONNECT WITH PROJECT MANAGERS

29:36FROM DEPARTMENTS THAT RECEIVE

29:38CINCY ON TRACK FUNDING AND BE

29:40ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT

29:41OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING

29:42DOWN THE PATH.

29:44>> Vice Mayor Kearney: THAT'S GOOD.

29:45>> I DO WANT TO ADD TO ADD ONTO

29:47THAT BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THE

29:49INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

29:51AND WE DON'T TALK AS MUCH ABOUT

29:53THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT

29:54ARE COMING FROM THESE CONTRACTS

29:55AND THAT WE REALLY ARE LOOKING

29:57FOR FOLKS INTERESTED IN DOING

29:59BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF

30:00CINCINNATI BECAUSE WE HAVE SO

30:01MUCH WORK COMING DOWN THE LINE.

30:03>> Vice Mayor Kearney: I LOVE

30:04THAT'S CORRECT LET ME JUST SAY

30:05NOT TO INTERRUPT BUT JUST FOR A

30:06SECOND, SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP

30:08TO ME AND I'M SURE TO ALL OF US

30:10AND SAY HOW DO WE DO BUSINESS

30:11WITH THE CITY, HOW DO WE FIND

30:13OUT ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES?

30:14WE TELL THEM COME TO THIS EXPO

30:16AND MEET THE FOLKS YOU NEED TO

30:18TALK TO, CONNECT, STREETLIGHT SO

30:19THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

30:22SO THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE.

30:23SORRY ABOUT THAT, I JUST HAD TO

30:25JUMP IN.

30:27>> AND THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS A

30:29FEW OF THIS YEAR'S MATCH MAKERS

30:31WHERE ATTENDEES PARTICIPATE IN

30:33ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH PRIMES,

30:36CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY ARE

30:37ABLE TO SHOWCASE THEIR

30:39CAPABILITIES, EXPLORE

30:42OPPORTUNITIES, AND UNBUILD

30:45VALUABLE PARTNERSHIPS. THERE IS A Q R CODE ON THIS

30:47SLIDE FOR REGISTRATION.

30:49>> Vice Mayor Kearney: OKAY, I'M

30:50SORRY GO AHEAD. >> AND I WILL ADD TOO THIS IS

30:52ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE

30:55DAY FOR SEVERAL THAT'S ARE

30:56PARTICIPATING.

30:57YOU THINK ABOUT BUSINESS

30:58OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE CITY AND

30:59OFTEN BUSINESSES THINK ABOUT

31:00CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND LARGER

31:02DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. BUT THEN WE HAVE ALSO GOT REALLY

31:04GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS

31:07LIKE REC@NITE WITH RECREATION

31:09AND AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR

31:10LOTS OF BUSINESSES TO TAKE ON

31:11PARTS OF PROGRAMMING.

31:12AND SO WE HAVE GOT THE

31:15DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION THAT

31:16WILL BE TAKING TEN MINUTE

31:18APPOINTMENTS WITH DIFFERENT

31:20BUSINESSES. SO IT IS A GRIT

31:21OPPORTUNITY TO HELP CONNECT THE

31:23DEPARTMENTS WITH ALSO LOCAL

31:24BUSINESSES FOR THOSE SMALLER

31:26DOLLAR CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES.

31:28>> Vice Mayor Kearney: SO

31:29BUSINESS CANS CONNECT RIGHT

31:30THEN, RIGHT THEN AT THE EXPO?

31:32>> YES.

31:34>> Vice Mayor Kearney: THAT'S AMAZING, I LOVE THAT.

31:36GROW YOUR BUSINESS, OH, MY

31:38GOODNESS, WHAT A CHANCE TO DO

31:39THAT.

31:40NOT TO SAY, YEAH CALL US LATER

31:42BUT RIGHT KNEW WE'RE GOING TO

31:44TALK RIGHT NOW, WHAT CAN YOU

31:45OFFER, WHAT DO YOU NEED, LET'S

31:46PUT IT TOGETHER.

31:47I LOVE IT.

31:48>> AND THIS SLIDE RECOGNIZES OUR

31:51SPONSORS WHOSE COMMITMENT TO

31:53ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND

31:54PARTNERSHIP HELPS MAKE THIS

31:56EVENT POSSIBLE.

31:57THESE SPONSORS STAND WITH US IN

32:01OUR BELIEFS EQUITY AND INCLUSION

32:02AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

32:04AND THIS AND FOR THIS WE ARE

32:06TRULY GRATEFUL.

32:10>> Vice Mayor Kearney: THAT'S GREAT.

32:11LOTS OF PARTNERS.

32:12SOMEBODY HAS BEEN BUZZ BUSY.

32:15>> THIS YEAR IS ESPECIALLY

32:17EXCITING AS WE CELEBRATE THE

32:19LAUNCH OF DEEP WHICH IS THE

32:21DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION

32:24AND PROCURE: AND A SPECIAL

32:28PARTNERSHIP WITH THE

32:29AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER AND WE

32:32HAVE.

32:33AND WHOSE COLLABORATION HAS

32:35HELPED MAKE THIS YEAR EVENT EVEN

32:38STRONGER. AND FOR THAT WE EXTEND A HEART

32:41FELT THANK YOU.

32:42>> I WILL ADD IT HAS BEEN AN

32:44ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE WORKING WITH

32:47THESE LADIES AND THEY HAVE DONE

32:49SUCH A GREAT JOB IN HELPING US

32:50TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

32:52THEY CAME IN WITH HANDS-ON

32:54ASSISTANCE TO US, TO HELP US

32:56MAKE SURE THAT THIS EXPO WAS

32:58BIGGER AND REACH AID LARGER

32:59AUDIENCE.

33:00THIS VERY DONE A OUTSTANDING

33:02JOB. >> Vice Mayor Kearney: THEY HAVE

33:03A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW BECAUSE

33:04LAST YEAR WAS WONDERFUL.

33:05LAST YEAR WAS REALLY.

33:06>> IT IS GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER

33:08THIS YEAR.

33:09>> Vice Mayor Kearney: OKAY,

33:10WELL, IT IS A KNOT TO BE MISSED

33:12EVENT.

33:13DEFINITELY. ARE YOU FINISHED?

33:14I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.

33:16SO QUICK QUESTION, HOW MUCH DOES

33:17IT COST?

33:18THIS IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, A

33:19CHANCE TO REAL GROW YOUR

33:21BUSINESS, TO LEARN MORE, TO MAKE

33:23CONNECTIONS, IT HAS GOT TO BE

33:25EXPENSIVE. >> I LOVE THIS QUESTION, IT IS

33:29FREE.

33:30SO WE'VE GOT THE REGISTRATION

33:31LINK IS OUT, WE WILL BE

33:33PROVIDING LUNCH AND BITES

33:34THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

33:36>> Vice Mayor Kearney: WE GET LUNCH TOO.

33:37>> YOU GET LUNCH TOO.

33:40>> Vice Mayor Kearney: SO CAN YOU GROW YOUR BUSINESS, MEET ALL

33:41KINDS OF FOLKS WHO CAN AND

33:43COMPANIES AND FIND OUT ABOUT

33:45OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE CITY AND

33:47WELL AS OTHER CONTRACTORS AND

33:49BUSINESSES, AND YOU GET TO EAT.

33:51OKAY.

33:52THAT'S, I MEAN ANYONE WHO

33:54DOESN'T SHOW UP, ANY AND --

34:08>> President Pro Tem Johnson: T VERY MUCH I WANT TO HEADACHE

34:09MAKE SURE THAT THE WORD IS

34:11GETTING OUT A WANT TO HEADACHE

34:13MAKE SURE THAT.

34:14AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO FLOOD

34:19MEDIA WE HAVE TO FLOOD THE

34:21FACEBOOK, WE HAVE TO FLOOD ALL

34:23OF THOSE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA

34:24OUTLETS TO LET THEM KNOW THIS IS

34:26GOING ON.

34:27AND WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO AS A

34:30CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IS DONE

34:32THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

34:36SO, ARE YOU -- ARE YOU -- DO YOU

34:40HAVE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO

34:42MAKE SURE THAT THE FLOODING

34:45TAKES PLACE FROM THIS DAY FORTH?

34:47>> WE -- YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT

34:49AND I WILL SAY ANY SUPPORT

34:51HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT IS

34:54REALLY HELPFUL BUT WE HAVE BEEN

34:56WITH WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF

34:57COMMUNICATION ASMANN SHUCK NECKS

34:58KNOW EVERYWHERE FROM SPECIAL

35:01NEED YA' POSTS TO TAKING FLIERS

35:02OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, PUTTING

35:03THEM IN LIBRARIES AND DIFFERENT

35:05GROCERY STORES SO WE'RE TRYING

35:06TO GET THE WORD OUT BUT ANY

35:08ASSISTANCE IS HELPFUL.

35:12>> WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

35:14THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THESE

35:16AMAZING THINGS THAT IT'S CITY

35:18NEEDS TO STICK ITS CHEST OUT OUT

35:19ONTO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE HEAR

35:22ALL THE TIME ABOUT WHAT'S NOT

35:25HAPPENING. WE HEAR WAY TOO MUCH.

35:27I'M NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE I

35:29SIT ON THIS UP HERE. THAT'S NOT

35:31WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M SAYING IT BECAUSE I DON'T

35:33THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB ON

35:36BRAGGING ABOUT WHAT WE DO.

35:38AND I KNOW BRAGGING IS NOT THE

35:41WAY TO SAY IT, BUT WE DON'T DO

35:42IT A GOOD JOB OF DISPLAYING OUR

35:46STRENGTHS.

35:47HOW ABOUT THAT VICE MAYOR?

35:48>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

35:50>> Vice Mayor Kearney: I LOVE IT, YEAH:

35:52>> President Pro Tem Johnson: WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE

35:54DOING WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT YOU

35:55IN THIS EFFORT: CONGRATULATIONS

35:57AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AN

36:03AMAZING DAY OF INFORMATION BEING

36:06ACCURATE INFORMATION AND NOT THE

36:08MYTHS, NOT THE WHAT IFS, NOT

36:10WHAT HAPPENED IN 1928, THE

36:13ACCURATE INFORMATION OF WHERE WE

36:15ARE NOW AS A CITY.

36:16THANK YOU VERY MUCH LADIES,

36:18GREAT JOB:

36:20>> Vice Mayor Kearney: SO R SO

36:21MUCH. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER ANNA ALBI

36:22IS SO GOOD AT MARKETING SO I'M

36:23JUST GOING TO SAY TO

36:24COUNCILMEMBER ANNA ALBI, LET US

36:26KNOW WHEN YOU CONNECT LET US

36:28KNOW WHAT COUNCIL CAN DO TO

36:29ACTUALLY GET THE WORD OUT.

36:31COUNCILMEMBER ANNA ALBI?

36:32>> Councilmember Albi:

36:33ABSOLUTELY NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

36:34YOU ALWAYS MAKE ME BLUSH UP HERE

36:35OF I DO THINK IN THE

36:38CONVERSATION WITH OUR OES OES

36:40AND THAT AND THAT WOULD BE

36:42GREAT. WE DID JUST DID ONE AS THAT

36:45INFORMATION SESSION ABOUT DATA

36:46CENTER ZONING SO I THINK DOING

36:47IT FOR THIS WOULD BE GREAT.

36:49VICE MAYOR KEARNEY I THINK YOU

36:50DID A GREAT JOB HAVING ALL THOSE

36:52VARIOUS BUSINESS CHAMBERS HERE

36:53EARLY EARLY THIS YEAR, A E-MAIL

36:55OUT WITH THE FLIER TO ALL THOSE

36:57CHAMBER PRESIDENTS WOULD BE

36:58REALLY GREAT. I SAW HIS HISPANIC CHAMBER AND

37:03YOU HAD FIVE OR SIX LISTED IN

37:05HERE.

37:06THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND WE CAN

37:07SHARE WITH INVEST IN

37:08NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOME BASE AND

37:09ASK THEM TO BLAST TO THEIR

37:11NETWORKS TOO.

37:12ANDRIN WILL BE GREAT JUST TO GET

37:13PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND TO ENGAGE

37:16AND AWESOME TO SEE YOU PUTTING

37:18THE CONVENTION CENTER TO WORK

37:20TOO. SO CONGRATULATIONS ALREADY LIKE

37:21THIS IS A GREAT EVENT EVERY YEAR

37:23AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO

37:24POP IN AND CHEER YOU ON.

37:25THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING TODAY.

37:28>> Vice Mayor Kearney: THAT'S GREAT.

37:29SO, TELL US THE WHEN, WHERE, AND

37:32HOW DO PEOPLE SIGN UP AGAIN?

37:34>> SO IT IS GOING TO BE

37:36OCTOBER 29 AT THE FIRST FINANCIAL CENTER STARTING AT

37:399:00 A.M., COME HUNGRY.

37:41WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT

37:43COMMUNITY COMMUNITY PARTNERS

37:44THERE, RESOURCES AND ALSO OUR

37:46CERTIFIED BUSINESSES SHOWCASING

37:47THE BUSINESS THAT IS THEY OFFER.

37:49AND CAN YOU REGISTER USING THE Q

37:51R CODE THAT WE HAVE ON THE

37:54SCREEN. CAN YOU ALSO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF

37:56EXTRA FLIERS.

37:57AND WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON

37:58OUR WEBSITE AND ON OUR SOCIAL

38:00MEDIA, AGAIN REGISTRATION IS

38:02FREE.

38:03>> Vice Mayor Kearney: THAT'S

38:04FANTASTIC. AND I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE

38:06VENDOR AND CERTIFICATIONS

38:09SUPPORT ROOM AND TECH SUPPORT

38:10ROOM AND THEY ARE BOTH OPEN 9-1

38:14SO ANY BUSINESS OWNER CAN JUST

38:15STOP IN.

38:16SO FOR THE CERTIFICATION

38:19SUPPORT, I GUESS THEY WILL GET

38:20INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THOSE

38:22CERTIFICATIONS WORK AND THE

38:23PROCESS WHICH HAS BEEN

38:25STREAMLINED WHICH I LOVE.

38:26I THINK THAT'S REALLY G. AND

38:27TECH SUPPORT SO WHAT DO PEOPLE

38:29NEED TO BRING FOR THAT?

38:30WHAT KIND OF TECH SUPPORT WOULD

38:32THAT BE?

38:33>> WE WILL HAVE THE ROOMS FULLY

38:35EQUIPPED WITH OUR COMPUTER AND

38:36FOLKS FROM OUR TEAM.

38:37BUT IN THE CERTIFICATION AND

38:39VENDOR SUPPORT ROOM THERE ARE

38:40TWO THINGS THAT WILL BE GREAT

38:42RESOURCE THAT IS THEY WILL BE

38:43ABLE TO DO. IN STEP ONE IN

38:45WANTING TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE

38:46CITY REGISTER AS A VENDOR.

38:48THAT IS YOUR ENTRY WAY INTO NOT

38:51JUST SEARCH FOR BUSINESS

38:52OPPORTUNITIES USING OUR BUSINESS

38:54OPPORTUNITIES PAGE BUT WHENEVER

38:55THERE IS A BUSINESS THAT COMES

38:56IN UNDER THE COMMODITY CODE OF

38:58WHAT YOUR BUSINESS PROVIDES YOU

39:00WILL GET A NOTIFICATION.

39:01THAT PROCESS TAKES ANYWHERE FROM

39:0315 MINUTES.

39:04SO WE WILL HAVE FOLKS THAT CAN

39:06SUPPORT GETTING YOU REGISTERED

39:08AS A VENDOR THERE ON THE SPOT.

39:10BUT THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE FOLKS

39:11FROM OUR TEAM THAT WILL HELP YOU

39:12START YOUR CERTIFICATION

39:15APPLICATION.

39:16AGAIN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE

39:17INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET

39:19CERTIFIED BUT ALSO GIVE SOME

39:20TIME AND ONE ON ONE SUPPORT TO

39:21WALK YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

39:24>> Vice Mayor Kearney: SOMETIMES

39:25PEOPLE ARE JUST INTIMIDATED BY

39:26THE OCEAN IT IS GOING TO BE THIS

39:27WHOLE PROCESS TO GET CERTIFIED,

39:29WHY DO IT.

39:30WHY DO IT THIS IS HOW YOU REALLY

39:32GROW YOUR BUSINESS, YOU GET

39:33REVENUE, PEOPLE LOOK AT THOSE

39:36PHYSICIANS THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO

39:38ARE CERTIFIED IN THE CITY.

39:40AND INNOCENT WITH A TO DO

39:41BUSINESS WITH THOSE WHO ARE

39:42CERTIFIED WITH US.

39:43OUTSIDE COMPANIES DO AS WELL.

39:44SO IF YOU WANT TO GROW YOUR

39:46BUSINESS YOU NEED FOR TO BE

39:47CERTIFIED.

39:48>> I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE

39:51BIT ABOUT THE THROWING SUPPORT

39:52ROOM WHEN DO YOU BUSINESS WITH

39:54THE CITY OF CINCINNATI YOU DO HAVE TO UTILIZE A COUPLE OF PLAT

39:57FORMS. WHETHER THAT'S LCP TRACK

39:58TOGETHER SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFIED

40:01PAYROLL WHEN WE'RE MONITORING

40:03PREVAILING WAGE RATES OR THAT'S

40:06SETTING UP YOUR PROFILE UNDER

40:10B2G NOW. IN THAT SUPPORT ROOM YOU WILL

40:12GET ASSISTANCE IN NAVIGATING THE

40:14SPECIFIC PLATFORMS THAT ARE

40:16UTILIZED WHEN DOING BUSINESS

40:17WITH THE CITY OF CINCINNATI.

40:18WE USE BOND FIRE TO COLLECT RFP

40:21AND THEY WILL WALK YOU THROUGH

40:23ALL OF THAT.

40:24>> Vice Mayor Kearney: ARE YOU SAYING ALL THAT BOND FIRE RFP I

40:27NEED TO LIVE INCH TECH SUPPORT

40:31ROOM.

40:32OBSERVE JUST TO GET THE LINGO.

40:34THIS IS FANTASTIC THOUGH I'M

40:35GRATEFUL ARE YOU DOING THIS

40:41OCTOBER 289, 9-1 FOR THE

40:43SESSIONS BEINGS TECH SUPPORT ROOM IS OPEN DURING THAT TIME

40:46AND 1-3 IS MATCH MAKING IS WHEN

40:49OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY

40:51CONNECT WITH THE CITY AND WITH

40:54OTHER OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO SEE

40:56IF THERE IS A MATCH AND A WAY OF

40:59YOU KNOW YOU CAN MAKE A DEAL

41:01RIGHT THERE.

41:03I LOCH THAT.

41:04OKAY. ANY FINAL WORDS?

41:06ALL RIGHT.

41:08FANTASTIC.

41:09OCTOBER 29 AND PEOPLE NEED TO

41:10SIGN UP.

41:11AND COUNCILMEMBER ANNA ALBI IS

41:12GOING TO SEND US ALL THE STUFF

41:14WE NEED.

41:15WE ON COUNCIL NEED TO DO TO MAKE

41:16SURE EVERYBODY OUT THERE FINDS

41:18OUT ABOUT THIS AND COMES.

41:21AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND

41:23ALL OF YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH.

41:25>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

41:28>> Vice Mayor Kearney: OKAY.

41:29WELL THAT CONCLUDES OUR

41:31PRESENTATIONS.

41:32GOING TO THE AGENDA, ITEMS 1 AND

41:342 ARE THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE

41:37JUST SAW AND WITHOUT OBJECTION

41:39WE WILL PUT THEM ON FOR FILING

41:41SO THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE

41:43PUBLIC ALL THE TIME ANYTIME.

41:47LIQUOR LICENSE KNOWING ELSE?

41:49OKAY, THANK YOU EVERYBODY, WITH

41:50THAT OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

41:52-CAPTIONING QUESTIONS CALL

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