The Kansas Department of Commerce will host a Business Opportunity Fair for minority and women-owned businesses on Nov. 6 in Topeka.
The event is scheduled from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Maner Conference Center, Capitol Plaza Hotel, 1717 Southwest Topeka Blvd. Advance registration for individuals and businesses is $25 (including lunch) at this website. Registration deadline is Oct. 30.
Co-hosted by the City of Topeka and GO Topeka/Entrepreneurial and Minority Business Development, the Business Opportunity Fair will introduce small, minority and women-owned businesses to procurement and contracting opportunities. There also will be workshops with information designed to help businesses prosper.
Workshop topics at the fair will include:
- Doing business with state and federal governments
- Funding and financing a business
- Obtaining certifications
- Increasing minority business ownership through leadership
Business exhibitors at the fair will include:
- Apprentice and Journeyman Training Fund Sheet Metal Local #2
- City of Topeka
- City of Wichita, Airport
- City of Wichita, Purchasing Division
- Edward Jones
- Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka
- General Mills Operations
- General Services Administration
- GO Topeka/Entrepreneurial and Minority Business Development
- H&R Block of Topeka & Silver Lake
- Kansas Department of Commerce
- Kansas PTAC
- Kansas Small Business Development Center
- McConnell Air Force Base
- Metropolitan Community College
- Mountain Plains Minority Supplier Development Council
- NetWork Kansas
- Tallgrass Occupational Health Services
- Textron Aviation
- Topeka Public Schools
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. DOT, Small Business Transportation Resource Center
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Unified Government of Wyandotte County
- University of Kansas-KU Procurement Services
- Veterans Administration Network Contracting Office
