By RAUL REGALADO Published: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 The Authority is committed to making sure that all our policies and procedures help foster an environment that will build successful partnerships with small business and women and minority vendors

Published Tuesday, 10/16/07 Our View The Tennessean Editorial Nashville airport officials should certainly understand why people might be skeptical of their efforts as they address participation levels of minority-owned and female-owned businesses in contracts

By WARREN A. SAWYERS Published: Tuesday, 10/16/07 Since the Sunday, Oct. 7 article was published in The Tennessean, several people (black and white) have asked me what happened with Metro in 2002, and if I believe that unfair contracting practices still exist in the USA.

By MARILYN ROBINSON Published: Tuesday, 10/16/07 The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority's plan for race- and gender-based goals for awarding contracts is very promising

Women, minorities lose out on contracts Consultant asks if Metro gives them fair shake

According to a recent study, people of color and white women face "extraordinary, perhaps discriminatory'' barriers to landing business contracts with Metro agencies. Despite owning one-fourth of all businesses that bid on projects from 1999-2003, women and minorities received only 8 percent of contract dollars. The other 92 percent went to firms owned by white men.

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