Welcome to the May 2006 Edition of "On the Air" with "How to do business with the City oF Phoenix, Part 2"

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Welcome to the December edition of On The Air, the minority business podcast of The Ebony Cactus magazine. Recommendations from the recently completed third Phoenix Arizona disparity study (2004 and 2005) have resulted in significant changes the City's Minority Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) ordinance, which many fear will cripple the established MWBE programs. City officials however disagree. In the first of a series of 3 podcasts, Director of the City of Phoenix Equal Opportunity Department Carole Coles Henry details the recent changes in the City's Minority and Small Business programs and how the city will continue its commitment to minority owned business.

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In this third edition of Ebony Cactus On The Air, we continue our conversation started in the November edition of The Ebony Cactus magazine with Dr. Mernoy E. Harrison, Jr., Vice President of Arizona State University and Provost of ASU at the Downtown Campus. In this segment, Dr. Harrison provides a strategic overview of the university related development slated for Downtown Phoenix Arizona, the rationale behind it, and the benefits it will bring. We also discuss some of the opportunities presented for minority entrepreneurs in this nearly 1 Billion dollar effort slated for construction over the next 5 years. With this podcast we also introduce our "Podcasts for your PDA" concept where our Podcasts are now formatted for easier download by smart phones and web capable PDAs.

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In this second edition of "On The Air" The Ebony Cactus Podshow we bring you two powerful interviews.Segment 1. There are many organizations focused to the advancement of minority business. One of the most effective is the National Minori

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Dr. George B. Brooks, Jr. Editor of the Ebony Cactus introduces the concept of the business news podcast.

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