MEDWeek 2007

October 1, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Luke Ortega Luper, UTSA Minority Business Enterprise Center
Tel 210-458-2484
Fax-210-458-2481
www.medweeksa.org

Press Conference for 2007 Minority Entrepreneurs of the Year 9AM Oct 22nd at UTSA Downtown Southwest Room

Part of the 25th Anniversary Minority Enterprise Development Week Celebration put on by UTSA Minority Business Enterprise Center.

The 2007 UTSA Minority Enterprise Center’s Minority Entrepreneurs of the Year will be on hand for a press conference and meet and greet on October 22nd from 9AM to 11AM at UTSA Downtown, Durango Building, first floor, Southwest Room. The Entrepreneurs are all winners of the Minority Enterprise Development Week (MEDWeek) awards. Parking is on the top level of the underground garage in front of the university.

These Entrepreneurs will be on hand for interviews, and will be great reading for people in the community that own a business or have an interest in opening a business. San Antonio has over 40,000 minority owned businesses. They can also learn about the UTSA Minority Business Enterprise Center, part of the UTSA Institute for Economic Development. For the 25th year, the UTSA Minority Business Enterprise Center will host MED Week San Antonio.

MED Week is celebrated at the national, regional and local levels. The Commerce Department's Minority Business Development Agency and Small Business Administration sponsor National MED Week, while locally it is organized by the UTSA Institute for Economic Development’s Minority Business Enterprise Center (MBEC) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) District Office. The MBEC and SBA are joined by a consortium of public and private entities dedicated to minority business success in planning the San Antonio celebration. The main event is the MED Week Honoree Awards Luncheon to be held Thursday October 25th at the AT&T Community Center at San Fernando Cathedral from 11:30 to 1PM.

• MINORITY EMERGING CONSTRUCTION FIRM OF THE YEAR Elsa Nieves Brown, EN Brown Construction
• MINORITY SERVICE FIRM OF THE YEAR Diane Cortez, Absolutely Everything Catering
• MINORITY SERVICE FIRM OF THE YEAR - FEDERAL CONTRACTING Donald L. Mooney, Nurses Etc.
• MINORITY TECH FIRM OF THE YEAR Joesph Ndesandjo, DHS Security
• SPECIALIZED SERVICES FIRM OF THE YEAR Guillermo Puente, Puente & Sons Funeral Homes
• MINORITY CONSTRUCTION FIRM OF YEAR Jerry Cavasos, Mustang General Contracting

For a complete list of events and profiles on this year’s winners visit our website at www.medweeksa.org, call Luke Ortega at UTSA at 210-458-2484 or email us at http://sa-mbec.org/mbecContact.htm.