Read the full issue at 👉 https://bit.ly/4mn5SAD
🔨 Featured Contracting Opportunities
- Design-Build (HVAC Improvements)
- CMAR Services at Demorest Townhomes – Due Oct. 16
- Franklin County Family Stabilization Unit Renovation – Due Sept. 19
- West Opportunity Center Lease & Relocation Services – Due Sept. 17
📥 Check out all bid notices inside the OhioMBE Bid Board.
🗓️ Upcoming Events
📍 Wed, Sept. 17 | 10 AM – 2 PM
Claim What’s Yours 513! – Word of Deliverance Church, Cincinnati
Hamilton County Commissioner Alicia Reece announces a new Unclaimed Funds Initiative.
📍 Wed, Sept. 17 | 6 PM – 7:15 PM (Zoom)
OBDC Construction Academy – Construction Cleaning Checklists & Quality Control
🔗 Register at OHBDC.org
📍 Thu, Sept. 18 | 12 PM – 1 PM
Thursday Noon Luncheon Club – Eldon & Elsie Ward Family YMCA, Columbus
📍 Thu, Sept. 18 | 6 PM – 7:30 PM (Zoom)
OBDC – Certification 101
🔗 Register at OHBDC.org
📍 Wed, Sept. 24 | 6 PM – 7:15 PM (Zoom)
OBDC Construction Academy – Managing Change Orders in Construction Projects
🔗 Register at OHBDC.org
📍 Thu, Sept. 25 | 6 PM – 8 PM
Candidate Forum – Family Missionary Baptist Church, Columbus
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🏆 2025 OhioMBE Awards – Nominations Open!
Celebrate Ohio’s top small businesses at the OhioMBE Awards Luncheon:
📅 Oct. 23, 2025 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Huntington Park, Columbus
Categories include:
- Top MBE
- Top FBE
- Top Family-Owned Business
- Best Nonprofit
- People’s Choice Awards
✅ Nominations close Sept. 30
✅ People’s Choice voting runs Oct. 1–10
👉 Submit at OhioMBEAwards.com
🏗️ OBDC Construction Academy – September Classes
- Sept. 17 | Construction Cleaning Checklists & Quality Control
- Sept. 18 | Certification 101
- Sept. 24 | Managing Change Orders in Construction Projects
- Oct. 1 | Coordinating Subcontractors: Best Practices
🔗 Register today at OHBDC.org
💡 Free for OBDC members!
📰 This Week’s Must-Reads on OhioMBE.com
- When Representation Doesn’t Mean Inclusion
- Are We Progressing? 62 Years After the March on Washington
- Taxation Without Participation
- Why the Columbus Education Association Must Stand With Black LEDE Businesses
- CCS: Capital Improvement Dollars — Who’s Really Winning?
