The Minneapolis Small Business Forum at the Mosaic Venue, originally scheduled for last weekend, was rescheduled to Thursday, October 30, after State Sen. Omar Fateh had a family emergency. Mayor Jacob Frey, who did not attend the initial session, was also absent from the rescheduled event, citing growing campaign demands.
The forum underscored how the city’s contracting system remains deeply unfair for BIPOC-owned businesses.
Fateh announced that, if elected mayor, he would create an Office of Small Business Success and a real-time Procurement Equity Dashboard to improve transparency and support for underserved vendors…