What incentives could help minority-owned small businesses get a seat at the table? #shorts

The full investigation can be found here:

In recent months, WCNC Charlotte Investigative Reporter Nate Morabito exposed instances where government agencies have failed to consider qualified minority-owned small businesses for government contracting work. LaPronda Spann is an industry expert in that field specifically when it comes to diversity. And she believes incentives are critical to solving the problem.

I will stress if there’s a base salary and a performance bonus that is evaluated for every employee in these positions, I think that will make a difference,” Spann told Morabito.

After we discovered more than $750,000 worth of government work that went to one small business owner without considering other qualified minority and women owned companies. We asked the CRVA, the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, what the agency is going to do to prevent it from happening again.

Find out what the CRVA, a taxpayer-funded agency, told WCNC Charlotte:

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