Business Equity

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Business Equity logoOur Vision 

Business Equity for Aurora seeks to advance inclusion by increasing and improving the participation of minority owned, woman owned, veteran owned, and person with a disability owned business enterprises. Increasing the number of certified minority and women owned businesses contracting with city of aurora fosters innovation, drives competition and leads to economic growth through job creation. 

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Outcomes

Expand Our Vendor Pool Education Generate Economic Impact
Increase the number of ready, willing, and able M/WBEs whose product or service align with the needs of the City of Aurora Provide greater understanding of City of Aurora procurement procedures and with other large clients Helping M/WBE's scale their businesses with the purpose of winning larger contracts and/or hiring additional staff
Increase the number of local minority-owned and woman-owned businesses (M/WBE) becoming certified by the State of Illinois Educate staff about the importance of using M/WBE's to procure items/services Grow M/WBE subcontractors into prime contractors

Our Program

Business Equity for Aurora is dedicated to promoting an inclusive approach to procurement by focusing our efforts on those businesses that have been historically underutilized in contracting by actively promoting opportunities, education events and partnerships with certifying agencies.

Business Enterprise Classifications

A business that is at least 51% owned and operated by an individual or group that is a member of an underrepresented group.

Common classifications are:

  • Minority business enterprises

  • Woman owned enterprises

  • Veteran owned enterprises

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