Knoxville Diversity Business Enterprise Awards To Be Given Wednesday

From the City of Knoxville:

September 14, 2020

At a ceremony being held Wednesday, Sept. 16, 8:30 a.m., Mayor Kincannon will recognize small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses (called Diversity Business Enterprises, or DBEs) that contracted with the City of Knoxville in the past year. The annual awards are designed to honor DBEs whose work advances the City’s core goals:

• Public safety
• Healthy and connected neighborhoods
• A clean and resilient future
• Thriving businesses and jobs

City departments that have achieved outstanding results in awarding a large number of contracts to DBEs will also be recognized.

Due to COVID-19, attendance at the ceremony is limited; recipients will be named in a media release distributed to news outlets after the ceremony and posted on the City’s website at KnoxvilleTN.gov/news.

This press release was produced by the City of Knoxville. The views expressed are the author's own.