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$800 Million Is Up For Grabs:
Small, Minority, Women-Owned Businesses Invited To Apply For Road Construction
Hillsborough County has a lot of road work to do, and it wants small businesses and minority- and women-owned businesses to help get the job done. Hillsborough County’s “Road to Success II’’ event on Wednesday, May 9, is aimed at small businesses and busi- nesses owned by minorities and women who want to apply for road construction and maintenance contracts or other road-related work like landscaping or installing traffic signals.
The event is from 1-4 p. m. on Wednesday, May 9 at the Bryan Glazer Family Jewish Community Center, 522 N. Howard Ave., Tampa.
Those attending the free event can get information about opportunities to bid for government transportation projects, network with busi- nesses, contractors and sub- contractors, and speak with representatives from public agencies, including Hillsbor- ough County, the Tampa- Hillsborough Expressway
Authority (THEA), and the Florida Department of Trans- portation. They also will learn about government agency requirements that businesses must meet to bid on contracts and become cer- tified as a minority or small business.
Hillsborough County plans to spend $800 million on road projects in the next decade, including the widen- ing of Bell Shoals Road in Valrico and extending Citrus Park Drive. Additional infor- mation about these projects is available on HCFLGov.net/ countyprojects.
Road to Success is pre- sented by the County’s Eco- nomic Development Department, under the Dis- advantaged Minority/Disad- vantaged Women Business Enterprise and Small Busi- ness Encouragement pro- gram.
To register or for more in- formation, call (813) 307- 8309, or go online and click on “View Outreach Opportu- nities.”
Former U. S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch To Serve As Hooding Speaker At FAMU College Of Law
ORLANDO, FL – The 83rd Attorney Gen- eral of the United States (2015-2017), Loretta Lynch, will serve as the keynote speaker for Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law’s 2018 Annual Hooding Cere- mony on Saturday, May 12, 2018. The Hood- ing Ceremony will be held at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts, 445 South Mag- nolia Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, from 10 a. m. to noon.
Former Attorney General Lynch will address more than 125 new graduates of the FAMU College of Law, including members of the Fall 2017, Spring 2018 and Summer 2018 classes. Members of the Spring 2018 classes will have the juris doctor degree conferred in Tallahassee, Florida, at the University’s Com- mencement Exercises on May 5, 2018. The FAMU College of Law’s Hooding Ceremony is a public event; however, seating is limited.
“We are truly honored to have a true trail- blazer deliver the charge to our 14th graduat- ing class since the re-establishment of the FAMU College of Law in Orlando,” said In- terim Dean LeRoy Pernell. “Former Attorney General Lynch will offer a message that will serve to empower our next generation of change agents.”
One of the most highly accomplished pub- lic figures in America today, former Attor- ney General Loretta Lynch has been a leading progressive voice during her 30-plus- year highly distinguished career. She is the first female African American Attorney Gen- eral of the United States, appointed by Pres- ident Barack Obama in 2015.
She also served as the head of the U. S. At-
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL LORETTA LYNCH
torney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York twice, under both President Clinton and President Obama. Described by President Obama as “the only lawyer in America who battles mobsters, drug lords and terrorists, and still has the reputation for being a charming ‘people person,” she has been instrumental in shaping the direction of the nation on a number of tough issues. She improved the relationship between local law enforcement and the communities they serve, and she has taken bold stances on criminal justice reform.
CORRECTION
In last Friday’s Sentinel an article stated that Assistant Chief Eli Vazquez had retired from the Tampa Police Department.
Assistant Chief Eli Vazquez has not retired. Former Assistant Chief Marc Ham- lin retired and that position was not filled.
We apologize for any inconvenience the error may have caused.
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