Connecting Businesses Resources amp Opportunities to Make Memphis a City of Choice for All Mayor A C Wharton Jr CITY OF MEMPHISCITY OF CHOICE FiveYear Strategic Management and Fiscal Plan 20122017 ID: 549123
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The Memphis Office of Resources and Enterprise:Connecting Businesses Resources & Opportunitiesto Make Memphis a “City of Choice” for All
Mayor A C Wharton, Jr.Slide2
CITY OF MEMPHIS-CITY OF CHOICEFive-Year Strategic Management and Fiscal Plan 2012-2017 RE IMAG(E) INING MEMPHIS – A CITY OF CHIOCEGame Changing Priorities and Strategies
VISION
Memphis is a city of choice
.
In
Memphis, we create safe and vibrant places for people to live, learn, work and play. Our economy grows prosperity and opportunity for all. We invest in our young people so that talent is developed and retained. We advance a culture of excellence in government so that we are responsive, accountable, and successful at meeting core needs
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CITY OF MEMPHIS-CITY OF CHOICEFive-Year Strategic Management and Fiscal Plan 2012-2017 RE IMAG(E) INING MEMPHIS – A CITY OF CHIOCEGame Changing Priorities and Strategies
PRIORITIES
1. Create safe and vibrant neighborhoods
2. Grow prosperity and opportunity for all
3. Invest in our young people
Advance a culture of excellence in
governmentSlide4
Executive SummaryOverall Poverty Rate: 26.9%
African-American Poverty Rate: 31.9%
Hispanic or Latino Poverty Rate: 37.4%Children in Poverty: 39.6%
Poverty in Memphis Challenges the Entire CommunitySlide5
Executive SummaryCity of Choice Strategic
Imperative:
Grow Minority and Women Business and
Wealth Creation Slide6
With Black/African American population at 63.3% and Hispanics or Latino population at 6.5%, Female population at 52.5%, and MWBEs are only 1.3% of Total Business Receipts.Total City of Memphis purchasing from MWBEs started at 8% before MBDOC began in 2011, now 34%
of spending goes to MWBE companies.2000 & 2010 Disparity Studies, and Wharton Transition Plan
, identified need for City of Memphis to facilitate a coordinated strategy to drive growth in minority business receipts…beginning with City of Memphis purchasing
City Leadership for Minority Business Development is Imperative
Executive SummarySlide7
Executive SummaryLeveling the Playing Field =
the Opportunity
To Compete
Not
a subsidy…
Not
affirmative action…
Winning contractors must offer the
best value
– highest quality at the best priceSlide8
SMWBE’s are challenged with lack of access to capital; exclusion from major new business opportunities; and lack of awareness of support services.Support services for SMWBE’s are fragmented and uncoordinated with no “front door”No shared community goals or vision for achieving increase in SMWBE business receiptsMany perceive that government is not held accountable for complying with minority participation goals or fostering a minority/small business development
Stakeholders Agree onSMWBE Challenges and Needs
Executive
SummarySlide9
Establishing MOREMayor’s Executive Order
Supports increased efforts by the City of Memphis to engage minority, woman-owned, and small business enterprises
Creates the Memphis
Office of Resources
and Enterprise
Memorandum of Understanding with City Vendors and Key Partners
Outlines goals and procedures for increasing participation by MBEs, WBEs, SBEs.
Designates MORE as primary engine to execute initiatives.
CITY OF MEMPHIS-CITY OF CHOICE
Five-Year Strategic Management and Fiscal Plan 2012-2017
RE IMAG(E) INING MEMPHIS – A CITY OF CHIOCE
Game Changing Priorities and StrategiesSlide10
Establishing MORE
Staff AccountabilityInclude attainment of minority purchasing goals in performance expectations and reviews
Data-Driven Process for Purchasing Goals
Identify feasible, strategic opportunities that are specific to individual divisions (vs. “across the board” goals)
Creates a roadmap for cultivating minority business growth to
meet specific divisional needs and opportunities.
CITY OF MEMPHIS-CITY OF CHOICE
Five-Year Strategic Management and Fiscal Plan 2012-2017
RE IMAG(E) INING MEMPHIS – A CITY OF CHIOCE
Game Changing Priorities and StrategiesSlide11
What MORE DeliversSet coordinated strategy for City agenda relating to minority and women-owned business development
Facilitate coordination and collaboration among city and community stakeholders
Work with Memphis Business Diversity Oversight Commission (MBDOC) to review City purchases and develop procurement goals based on opportunities for SMWBEs
Maintain database of viable local SMWBEs to match them with City procurement opportunities
Drive increased community support resources for SMWBE growth that match City procurement goals
Regularly communicate information, progress and achievements to partners and general public.
Executive SummarySlide12
alt. ConsultingAccionBlack Business AssociationCity of Memphis Office of Contract Compliance
City of Memphis Renaissance Business CenterCommunity LiftDowntown Memphis Commission
Economic Development Growth EngineEmerge MemphisFedEx Institute of Technology University of Memphis
Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Home Based Business Chamber
Innova
Launch Your City,
Inc
Latina Memphis
LeMoyne-Owne
College Community Development Corporation
Memphis Area Association of Governments
Memphis Area Minority Contractors Association
Memphis Urban League
Memphis Bio Works Foundation
Memphis Hispanic
Minority Business Development Agency
National Association of Women Business Owners
Collaboration…Not duplication!
Executive SummarySlide13
Shield, IncService Corps of Retired ExecutivesSEEDCOSmall Business Administration
State of Tennessee Department of Economic & Community DevelopmentTennessee Business Small Development CenterThe Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum
Tennessee Minority Supplier Development CouncilTri State Bank
U.B. Black Chamber, Inc
WBEC South Business Success Center
WBEC South
Collaboration…Not duplication!
Executive SummarySlide14
MORE – Helping Your Business Connect with Qualified Minority and Women-Owned Businesses
Identify, facilitate and communicate purchasing and partnering opportunities with minority businesses.
Grow the pool of minority and women-owned businesses offering high quality products and services.
Increase community prosperity, purchasing power, and quality of life.
Executive SummarySlide15
Questions?
Executive SummarySlide16
Contact Information:
Alandas Dobbins, Director
Memphis Office of Resource and Enterprise (MORE)
700 Adams Avenue
Memphis, TN 38105
901-544-1847
E-mail: alandas.dobbins@memphistn.gov
Executive Summary