Many Bid for Information at Seminar

Many Bid for Information at Seminar

More than 200 business owners attended the "Bid and Breakfast" Seminar in October, sponsored by Oakland County's Planning and Economic Development Services Division, the City of Southfield and the South Oakland Chapter of  the NAACP. Participants represented small-to-medium-sized, minority and women-owned businesses. They learned valuable information about  government vendor opportunities.

On hand were representatives from Oakland Schools and the cities of Huntington Woods, Rochester Hills, Southfield and Troy, who answered questions and provided information about the vendor process in their respective communities.

Pictured left to right: Oakland County Commissioner Eric Coleman, the City of Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, who each addressed the "Bid and Breakfast" crowd in Southfield's Council Chambers.

Participants listen intently as officials explain vendor opportunities and the process to do business with the various forms of governments on the city, county and state level.

Pictured: A  representative of Huntington Woods addressing questions of participants.

Pictured left to right: Oakland County's Planning and Economic Development Services' Senior Business Development Representative Mark Adams and Marketing Coordinator Susan Doriss with President Galen Pauling of GTP Designs and Standard Federal Bank Vice President of Targeted Business Development/NA Division Carnel V. Mickey.

For more information regarding county services for the business community, contact the Planning and Economic Development Services at 248-858-0764.