Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell

Event Recognizes State’s top Minority-Owned Businesses

SEATTLE – December 10th marks the UW Minority Business of the Year Awards Banquet. Sponsored by the UW Business and Economic Development Center (BEDC), it is the only state-wide minority business awards program in the nation, drawing over 500. This year’s event will be attended by CEOs responsible for revenues in our state in excess of $3.3 billion.

Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell says, “I have been working to create an environment in Seattle that supports the growth of small and minority-owned businesses because this sector will be a key player to our region’s economic strength and recovery efforts. As a member of the BEDC, we are building an inclusive network of relationships that work and in this process, recognizing the achievements of some of the top businesses in our state.” Of the state’s 50 largest minority-owned businesses, 13 are Seattle based with combined revenues of $465 million. The largest Seattle minority-owned business is Town and Country Markets with revenues of $209 million and 950 employees based in Ballard.

This year’s event will recognize PetroCard, a business based in Kent as the state’s first minority-owned business with revenues of more than $1 billion. Additionally, five of the state’s minority- owned businesses will also receive special recognition.

The UW Minority Business of the Year Awards banquet takes place on December 10, 2009 at 5:30 at the Westin Hotel Grand Ballroom II & III, 1900 5th Avenue, Seattle.

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