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| Region's Leading Minority Business Advocacy Group Changes Name
Southern California Regional Purchasing Councils Changes Name to Southern California Minority Business Development Council LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2003--Southern California Regional Purchasing Councils (SCRPC), the region's largest nonprofit minority business advocacy organization, announced today that it has changed its name to Southern California Minority Business Development Council (SCMBDC). BizVantage – Serious business, investment and technology intelligence for a serious advantage. "The new name better reflects who we are and what we do," according to John Murray, president of SCMBDC. "Our organization has evolved over the years from one that focused solely on helping to increase corporate purchases from minority businesses to one that still embraces its founding purpose but now more broadly helps minority businesses grow and prosper." In addition to a new name, SCMBDC adopted a new mission statement -- to support and develop minority business enterprises to compete and succeed in the open market. SCMBDC aims to achieve this through three primary objectives: to open the corporate purchasing and contracting door for minority business owners, to provide corporations with information on qualified minority suppliers, and to enhance employment in the minority community through increased corporate purchases. "We believe that with our new name, supported by a clear and concise mission, we can better represent and serve the interests of our minority businesses and corporate members," Murray said. Southern California Minority Business Development Council, established in 1975, serves 1,300 minority business enterprises and 300 corporate members throughout 13 counties. Headquartered in Los Angeles with chapters in Orange County and the Central Valley, SCMBDC is one of 40 regional councils in the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). For more information about SCMBDC, visit its web site at www.scmbdc.org.
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