Saturday is the deadline for public comments on the executive summary that provides details on the planned six year, $1.3 billion construction project for a network of express lanes that are to reach along Ga. 400 from MARTA’s North Springs Station into Forsyth County.
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Minority-, female-owned businesses received 39.3% of money spent at Gulch
The developer of the Gulch has spent slightly more money with minority- and female-owned businesses than is targeted in the agreement with Atlanta, the developer reported Wednesday during a 10-minute presentation to a committee of the Atlanta City Council.
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GDOT’s support of disadvantaged businesses evident in $170 million in DBE contracts in 2016
By Guest Columnist KIMBERLY A. KING, director of the equal opportunity program at the Georgia Department of Transportation
For more than 20 years, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has had a policy in place aimed at helping small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including minorities and women. This is known as the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program, and it extends to each state’s Department of Transportation.
