{"id":126,"date":"2022-03-25T00:50:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T00:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strategicexdev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2025-03-17T20:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T01:24:57","slug":"il-mbda-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/es\/se-business-service-center\/il-mbda-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IL MBDA Noticias"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tIn the News\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/8041\" content=\"Black Business Owner Tamara Turner to host Grand Opening of Silver Spoon Desserts in Chicago\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2022-04-16\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2022-04-25\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Strategic Exceptions Professional Consulting\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/author\/terriesimmons\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Terrie Simmons\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/silver-spoon-desserts-logo.png\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"460\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"460\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/grand-opening-silver-spoon-desserts\/\" title=\"Black Business Owner Tamara Turner to host Grand Opening of Silver Spoon Desserts in Chicago\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/silver-spoon-desserts-logo.png\" alt=\"Silver Spoon Desserts logo\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"460\" width=\"460\" title=\"silver-spoon-desserts-logo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlack Business Owner Tamara Turner to host Grand Opening of Silver Spoon Desserts in Chicago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\tApril 16, 2022\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    Black Aurora business woman, Tamara Turner will be hosting a Grand Opening on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 for Silver Spoon Desserts. The Grand Opening will be at 10:00 am at 3501 W. 48th Place #2W. In May 2021, after working with a catering company providing food service for American Airlines, Turner then was asked to have her desserts served on the airlines&#8217; domestic flights. Turner recently moved her business to&#8230;\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/8036\" content=\"Minority Business Development Agency Awards $13.9 Million in Grants\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-29\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2022-04-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Strategic Exceptions Professional Consulting\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/author\/terriesimmons\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Terrie Simmons\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/us-dept-of-commerce-logo.png\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"340\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"340\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/minority-business-development-grant-award\/\" title=\"Minority Business Development Agency Awards $13.9 Million in Grants\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/us-dept-of-commerce-logo.png\" alt=\"US Department of Commerce Logo\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"340\" width=\"340\" title=\"us-dept-of-commerce-logo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMinority Business Development Agency Awards $13.9 Million in Grants\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\tSeptember 29, 2021\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    The U.S. Department of Commerce&#8217;s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is awarding $13.9 million in federal funding to 35 grant recipients as part of its MBDA Business Center Program. The program is designed to help minority-owned firms create jobs, compete in the global economy and grow their businesses. &#8220;The Biden Administration is firmly committed to helping minority-owned businesses of all sizes grow, prosper, and compete in the global economy,&#8221; said&#8230;\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/8038\" content=\"Aurora-based Organization Granted the Minority Business Development Agency Grant to establish the Minority Business Development Agency Business Center in Illinois\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-08-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2022-04-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Strategic Exceptions Professional Consulting\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/author\/terriesimmons\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Terrie Simmons\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strategic-Exceptions-logo-460sq.png\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"460\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"460\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/aurora-based-organization-minority-business-development-grant\/\" title=\"Aurora-based Organization Granted the Minority Business Development Agency Grant to establish the Minority Business Development Agency Business Center in Illinois\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strategic-Exceptions-logo-460sq.png\" alt=\"Strategic Exceptions Professional Consulting logo\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"460\" width=\"460\" title=\"Strategic-Exceptions-logo-460sq\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAurora-based Organization Granted the Minority Business Development Agency Grant to establish the Minority Business Development Agency Business Center in Illinois\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\tAugust 6, 2021\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    WHAT: Strategic Exceptions Professional Consulting Inc. was awarded the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Grant to establish the Illinois Minority Business Development Agency (IL MBDA) Business Center. The MBDA Business Center Program provides technical assistance and business development services to minority business enterprises, also known as MBEs. The MBDA provides Federal assistance in support of innovative projects that promote and seek to resolve the challenges faced by MBEs. The MBDA&#8230;\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/8039\" content=\"Duckworth, Durbin, Foster Announce New Minority Business Development Agency Business Center in Illinois\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-07-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2022-04-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Strategic Exceptions Professional Consulting\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/author\/terriesimmons\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Terrie Simmons\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/great-seal-of-the-united-states-logo.png\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"340\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"340\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/duckworth-durbin-foster-mbda-business-center-illinois\/\" title=\"Duckworth, Durbin, Foster Announce New Minority Business Development Agency Business Center in Illinois\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/great-seal-of-the-united-states-logo.png\" alt=\"Great Seal of the United States\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"340\" width=\"340\" title=\"great-seal-of-the-united-states-logo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDuckworth, Durbin, Foster Announce New Minority Business Development Agency Business Center in Illinois\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\tJuly 20, 2021\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    [WASHINGTON, D.C.] &#8211; U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Bill Foster (D-IL-11), today announced $400,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce&#8217;s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) to the Aurora-based and Black woman-founded Strategic Exceptions Professional Consulting for the operation of a MBDA Business Center in Illinois. 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