Governor Wes Moore Delivers Keynote Address at Maryland Minority Business Counts Event, Tours Coppin State University’s New College of Business

The Maryland Minority Business Counts initiative is a coalition of advocacy, business, civic, and community leaders dedicated to supporting and encouraging existing and future Black business owners across the state. Participants in today’s event had the opportunity to directly engage with state government agencies and attend panel discussions pertinent about doing business with the state.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of Maryland’s Minority Business Enterprise Program. The Moore-Miller administration’s goal is to increase state government’s performance toward reaching its 29% minority business enterprise goal, as part of their efforts to close the racial wealth gap and promote access to work, wages, and wealth. To learn more about Maryland’s Minority Business Enterprise program, visit gomdsmallbiz.maryland.gov.

Following the Maryland Minority Business Counts event, Governor Moore toured Coppin State University’s new College of Business building. Coppin State’s College of Business is focused on teaching, research, and service within emerging fields such as data science, entrepreneurship, and e-sports. The state-of-the-art facility promotes a legacy of teaching, research, and service and is home to the Center for Strategic Entrepreneurship, which develops three key pillars of economic development, education, and social and community innovation.

The Moore-Miller administration is committed to investing in entrepreneurship and business development in Maryland and is committed to using service and civic innovation to strengthen Maryland’s relationships with community partners. The administration also committed more than $420 million in state support for Maryland’s historically black colleges and universities.