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Orange County District 4 Commissioner Maribel Gomez Cordero speaks at a Board of County Commissioners meeting last year.<\/p>\nOrange County District 4 Commissioner Maribel Gomez Cordero speaks at a Board of County Commissioners meeting last year.<\/p>\n
Photo by Marshall Tempest<\/p>\n
Orange County recently announced the launch of its Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program\u00a0and the\u00a0opening\u00a0of its\u00a0application portal<\/a> for businesses seeking certification.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe launch of the SBE Program reflects Orange County\u2019s ongoing dedication to creating equitable access to contracting opportunities for small businesses,\u201d said Sheena Ferguson, manager of the\u00a0Business\u00a0Development\u00a0Division,\u00a0in\u00a0an April\u00a08\u00a0press release<\/a>. \u201cWe are excited to open the application portal and begin welcoming businesses into this new program.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The county\u2019s Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved the development and implementation of the SBE Program\u00a0last July, then approved policies and procedures on March 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to Orange County, the SBE program was designed to \u201csupport the growth and sustainability of small businesses, increase participation in County procurement and contracting opportunities, and promote a competitive and equitable local business environment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Those interested in learning more may visit\u00a0ocfl.net\/VendorServices\/SmallBusinessVendors.aspx<\/a>\u00a0or call the Business Development Division at 407-836-7317. The application portal is available at\u00a0ocfl.gob2g.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orange County District 4 Commissioner Maribel Gomez Cordero speaks at a Board of County Commissioners meeting last year.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-230184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}