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ELEVEN WINNERS RECEIVE GREATER BALTIMORE COMMITTEE DIVERSITY AWARD
Ten Baltimore-area companies and one individual have
been named winners of the Greater Baltimore Committee’s 13th Annual Bridging the
Gap Achievement Awards.
The awards were presented November 10 during a ceremony honoring minority and women- owned firms for business achievement and others for their efforts to strengthen minority business development. More than 250
people attended the event, which
was held at The Grand Baltimore.
The awards program is part of Bridging the Gap, a minority business development initiative of the Greater Baltimore Committee, the region’s most prominent organization of business and civic leaders.
Bridging the Gap award finalists and winners were selected from among nominations submitted by businesses, civic organizations, employees, customers, elected officials and government agencies.
Categories and winners of the 2016 Bridging the Gap Awards are:
SUCCESSFUL MINORITY OR WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS
A-G Associates, Inc.
Obi Ajukwu, Greater Baltimore Committee; Chris Gonzalez, A-G Associates, Inc.; Donald C. Fry, Greater Baltimore Committee
A-G Associates is a service disabled veteran owned small business committed to serving organizations that want to improve their capabilities or capacity. A-G Associates is an organizational consulting firm that provides expertise, facilitation and consultation services that build high-performance teams, manage change and achieve mission success and organizational excellence. A-G Associates collaborates with clients to lead courageously, work smartly and achieve purposefully. Their services are sought by progressive organizations that value teamwork, partnership and stakeholder engagement; seek innovation, enlightened management and responsible stewardship and commit to delivering exceptional mission outcomes, memorable service and enduring impact in communities and throughout the U.S.
ArtsCentric, Inc.
Obi Ajukwu, Greater Baltimore Committee; Kevin McAllister, ArtsCentric, Inc.; Donald C. Fry, Greater Baltimore Committee
Kevin McAllister is the Artistic Director and cofounder of ArtsCentric. He is an award-winning actor, director and singer who has worked extensively throughout the Baltimore community over the last 10 years, as a teacher and program director to cultivate the arts among the African American community.
ArtsCentric is a color-conscious organization committed to re- examining traditional roles in the arts, advancing original stories of specific cultures and fostering educational advancement to strengthen the community through the power of theater. It is a theater based group run by five African- Americans who, in addition to mounting four full-scale productions a year, also run an ever expanding three-week summer intensive for underprivileged youth in Maryland.
P&J Contracting Company, Inc.
Obi Ajukwu, Greater Baltimore Committee; Crystal Martin, P&J Contracting Company, Inc.; Donald C. Fry, Greater Baltimore Committee
Over the last 37 years, P&J Contracting Company, Inc., has developed into a unique and necessary business model for the post-modern era of construction and construction procurement, specializing in demolition, asbestos, interior demo, site work, excavation, masonry and so much more. And, with the catch phrase “Go Green” being implemented globally, P&J has hit the ground running with its LEED’s practices and its evolution from a demolition contractor into a deconstruction firm.
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