Kansas City Ends Minority, Women Business Program After 45 Years

Kansas City Ends Minority, Women Business Program After 45 Years

For 45 years, Kansas City’s Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise program helped minority and women entrepreneurs get a foothold in an industry where connections, capital and a track record can determine who gets a chance to compete. Now that program is gone. The Kansas City Council voted 12-0 Thursday to repeal the city’s MWBE program and replace it with a race- and gender-neutral program aimed at small and locally owned businesses. Cit…

Kansas City ends a construction equality program. Business owners want a say on a new one

The Kansas City Council approved a plan to repeal the city’s 45-year-old Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program.