Small and Disadvantaged Businesses Gain Insight from Public Agencies, Business Services and Airport Construction and Concessionaire Prime Contractors
SAN DIEGO – October 14, 2020 – San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (Airport Authority) will host the annual “Meet the Primes” event for the first time in a virtual format on October 27-29 and November 3-4, 2020. Offered in two sessions, this unique opportunity will introduce small and disadvantaged businesses to representatives of the Airport Authority, multiple other public agencies, and construction and concessionaire primes.
In the virtual format, attendees will log on through Zoom to scheduled presentations and hear from participating exhibitors to gain valuable information on successful business strategies, obtain resources and receive points of contact to follow up on opportunities.
Participants will learn about doing business with the Airport Authority, how to apply for the Authority’s Local Business Enterprise (LBE) certification, future projects and available small business opportunities. In addition, participants will hear about regional contracting opportunities from San Diego County agencies and obtain available resources provided by support services centers and organizations within Southern California.
First introduced in 2015, participation in “Meet the Primes” has grown significantly to holding more than 400 one-on-one business matchmaking meetings between small businesses, prime contractors, the Airport Authority, other public agencies and support service centers annually. Despite the pandemic and shift to the virtual format, the Airport Authority anticipates more than 400 participants this year.
To view all sessions of the virtual “Meet the Primes,” please visit the Airport Authority’s registration page here. For more information on the Airport Authority’s Small Business Development program, please click here.
“Meet the Primes” is one of a number of outreach events lead by the Airport Authority’s Small Business Department to ensure the local, small, historically underutilized, service-disabled veteran and emerging businesses have every opportunity to do business with the Airport Authority.
ABOUT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
San Diego International Airport (SAN) offers nonstop service to more than 70 destinations in the continental U.S., Europe, Asia, Mexico and Canada. In operation since 1928, the airport celebrated more than 90 years of service to the San Diego region in 2018. The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority has managed the airport since 2003. The Airport Authority plans for and provides air transportation services to the region with safe, effective facilities that exceed customer expectations. For more information, please visit san.org.
2022 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Report of Achievement
Giving back to the community is central to what Charlotte Douglas International Airport and its operator, the City of Charlotte Aviation Department, is about, and last year was no different.
Throughout 2022, while recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, we continued our efforts to have a positive impact on the Charlotte community. Of particular note, we spent the year sharing stories of how Connections Don't Just Happen at the Terminal - from creating homeownership and employment opportunities to supporting economic growth through small-business development and offering outreach programs to help residents understand the Airport better.
This whitepaper highlights the construction projects, initiatives, programs and events that validate Charlotte Douglas as a premier airport.
Download the whitepaper: 2022 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Report of Achievement.