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TOPEKA–The Kansas Department of Commerce Office of Minority and Women Business Development is accepting nominations for Kansas minority and/or women owned businesses, advocates, young entrepreneurs and corporations. These nominations celebrate Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week, and nominees will be recognized at the annual Kansas Minority and Women Business Awards Luncheon to be held on Oct. 5 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka.

“Minority Enterprise Development Week offers us the opportunity to celebrate the many outstanding minority and women owned business in our state,” said Kansas Commerce Interim Secretary Nick Jordan. “These Businesses make Kansas a better place to live and work by creating jobs and giving back to their communities”

The deadline to nominate a business or individual is Friday, July 14. Online nomination forms can be accessed at KansasCommerce.gov/MEDweek. To request a hard copy of the form, please contact Rhonda Harris at [email protected] or (785) 296-3425. All forms submitted by mail must be postmarked by July 14. Forms can be mailed to Rhonda Harris, Office of Minority and Women Business Development, Kansas Department of Commerce, 1000 S.W. Jackson St., Suite 100, Topeka, KS 66612; faxed to (785) 296-3490; or emailed to [email protected].

The Office of Minority and Women Business Development provides assistance in business management, identifying resources for financing and establishing contacts in the public and private sectors. The office is responsible for certifying minority- and women-owned businesses as small disadvantaged businesses for procurement and subcontracting opportunities.