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Minority Business

MDA works with minority and women-owned businesses to facilitate networking with key industry partners from public and private sectors. We can also help you find joint ventures and subcontracting opportunities, as well as technical and financial assistance to help you better compete for federal, state, local government and commercial contracts. Browse the menu on the left to find out what assistance is available to your company.

Minority Business News

Astro Heating and Cooling Makes Strides in Construction Industry

Before taking part in the Model Contractor Development Program in the fall of 2011, Astro Heating and Cooling owner James Bryant was just another “air conditioner man.” Little more than a year later, Astro Heating and Cooling, LLC is a successful Mississippi minority-owned business. 

Bryant credits MDA with helping him to understand how to run and maintain a business. He says that MDA taught him how to attain the proper certifications and training and, most importantly, how to network with different people and businesses that could help his company.

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