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BDPA provides
industry-related information, professional networking
opportunities, legislative updates, and program meetings to
members, sponsors, and small business owners from a variety
of directed sources located in the District of Columbia and
surrounding jurisdictions within the National Capital
Region.
Regional BDPA
chapters and Chapter Interest Groups (CIGs) leverage the
following to enhance service-delivery portfolios:
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Technical Trade Associations
- Small
Business Interest Groups
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Affiliate Not-For-Profit [IT /Small Business]
Organizations
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Technical Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
- BDPA
Chapter Interest Groups (CIGs)
- HBCU/MI
Project Office (HPO)
- Regional
Chambers of Commerce
- Supplier
Development Councils
- Small
Business Administration (SBA)
- Minority
Business Development Agency (MBDA)
BDPA has
outlined a set of goals, metrics, and business plans for
local BDPA chapters. Jointly, our strategic triad of
private, public, and academic sector stakeholders will
continue to leverage available resources to optimize BDPA's service delivery models
in direct support of minority businesses, Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Minority Serving
Institutions (MSI's). Event calendars, special
announcements, BDPA's balanced scorecard (BSC) and links to
above listed directed resources are available online in the Chapter's
BDPA Member Welcome Centre.
BDPA-DC
Small Business Interest Group
is available and maintained online for collaboration,
teaming, legislative updates, certification requirements,
and professional networking opportunities. |
