Contractor #diversity: who should be considered ‘disadvantaged’?
Monday, June 7th, 2010(Finance & Commerce) Joan Johnson’s construction-supply business has furnished materials for projects ranging from Block E to the new Twins and Gophers stadiums, but it has yet to make much headway on highway and transit projects.
Johnson hopes that could all change soon.
She believes that her business, J-MOS, is in a good position — both literally and figuratively — to be part the biggest public-works project in state history: the $957 million Central Corridor project, which is gearing up for major construction this summer.
She’s so intent on being part of light rail history that she recently leased warehouse space on Endicott Street in St. Paul, a few blocks from the planned route of the Central Corridor, which will link the Twin Cities’ downtowns when it starts running in 2014. And she’s hoping to hire five to 10 additional employees.
Contractor #diversity: who should be considered ‘disadvantaged’?
