Business & Tech
City Unveils Small Business Initiatives
Two new city efforts are designed to foster small business procurement opportunities and smooth out the permit process.
The City of Alexandria has launched two new initiatives seeking to support local, small businesses.
“Small business is the lifeblood of the community,” City Manager Rashad Young said at an event last week hosted by the Alexandria Convention & Visitors Association.
The first initiative will provide outreach and assistance to emerging and new small firms, with a special focus on expanding procurement opportunities for small, minority, women-owned and Alexandria-based businesses. The effort will be based in the City Manager’s Office and is overseen by the city manager’s special assistant, Rose Boyd.
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It will develop an outreach program promoting such businesses in the city’s procurement process.
A second initiative located in the city’s Permit Center will help small firms better understand how to experience the city’s permitting process by reducing “bureaucracy, redundancy and ambiguity,” according to a program overview provided by city staff.
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