Minority Business Enterprises

St. Louis’ Minority and Women-led Business Enterprise program has resumed and is accepting new contracts, after federal pressure to end DEI programs. However, the program will have new hiring goals specific to each project.

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer paused the city's minority- and women-led business enterprise program this week. She said the city is feeling pressure from the federal government to change its diversity programs.

Valerie Liddell hopes to build Grind + Growth into the state’s first Black-owned business incubator. The two-year-old south St. Louis nonprofit features co-working space and resources to promote minority entrepreneurship.

Developers seeking tax incentives from the city of St. Louis on public projects will soon need to show they’ve met thresholds for participation from…

The number of minority-owned businesses in the St. Louis region has shown substantial growth in recent years, expanding faster than any of the other 50…

Local companies are buying more and more goods and services from minority vendors. That's according to the St. Louis Minority Business Council, a…

The Department of Commerce is giving nearly $1 million to promote minority business enterprises, or MBEs, in the St. Louis region.The $900,000 grant…