Chuck Soder, Crain's

Companies in the Crain's Minority-Owned Business Directory largely bounced back in 2022 after a so-so 2021.

Christine Y. Chen, McKinsey Global Publishing

Athena Nicole Last

Black History Celebration: Honoring the Pioneers in Cleveland & Recognizing the Importance of the 3R's: Relationship, Reciprocity, and Return

The White House

Mandy Kraynark, The Land

When he passes the towering MetroHealth Glick Center building in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood where he grew up, Adrian Maldonado thinks about how his small, Latino-owned company, Adrian Maldonado & Associates, played a part in this and other building projects around Cleveland.

Stacee Barkley, Construction Dive

Last year marked the second iteration of Construction Inclusion Week, our industry’s grassroots effort to bring necessary conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion to every jobsite and corner office in the business.
 
2023 needs to be the year we turn those conversations into action.

By: Beth Castelucci, CEA Communications

The Need for a Minority Contractors’ Group Continues
By Rhonda Crowder

Considering the racial and gender makeup of Greater Cleveland, the construction industry has been 
underserved for over 100 years. At the same, minority contractors have continuously fought for a 
seat at the table and representation while a number of public policy, business and legal actions 
have shaped FBE (female business enterprise) and MBE (minority business enterprise) opportunities.

By: Nicole Needles, Constructor Magazine

Diversity and inclusion are not just buzzwords that resound on a company's website or external collateral. The terms are inherent to the betterment of all workplaces.