In early 1997, the City of Houston, through its Office of Planning & Development, applied for a federal grant with the U.S. Economic Development Administration in order to fund the redevelopment of a city-owned building into a centrally-located business incubator. Read More

In response to new state legislation that established new programs to assist historically underutilized businesses (HUB) access new contracting opportunities, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center – one of the nation’s top cancer hospitals – launched an aggressive effort to increase procurement dollars with HUBs. Read More