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By: Sam Tenney//September 1, 2017//

Photos: 91视频 holds Building Diversity event

Sam Tenney//September 1, 2017//

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The 91视频’s Building Diversity Awards and Education program was held Thursday at the Sentinel Hotel to celebrate and examine diversity and inclusion within the local building industry. The event included a pair of panel discussions and an awards program honoring 17 local disadvantaged, minority-owned, women-owned, emerging small businesses and combat-disabled veteran-owned firms certified through the state’s COBID program. To view more photos of the event, visit .

Attendees gather for networking, food and drinks before the start of the program.

Carrie Hulse, left, of Business Oregon, and Eloisa Miller of the Office of the Governor listen as co-panelist Ruth Miles, a small business advocate with the Office of the Secretary of State, speaks during a panel talk.

Nate McCoy, executive director of the National Association of Minority Contractors - Oregon Chapter, speaks during a panel discussion at the 91视频's Building Diversity Awards and Education program. Also pictured are, from left, co-panelists Melinda Dailey, executive director of the Northwest Utility Contractors Association, and Stacey Drake Edwards, program coordinator for the City of Portland Prime Contractor Development Program, and moderator Nick Bjork, publisher of the 91视频. (Sam Tenney/91视频) — Nate McCoy, executive director of the National Association of Minority Contractors – Oregon Chapter, speaks during a panel discussion at the 91视频’s Building Diversity Awards and Education program. Also pictured are, from left, co-panelists Melinda Dailey, executive director of the Northwest Utility Contractors Association, and Stacey Drake Edwards, program coordinator for the City of Portland Prime Contractor Development Program, and moderator Nick Bjork, publisher of the 91视频. (Sam Tenney/91视频)

Vicqui Guevera of Valley Growers Nursery & Landscape, Inc. accepts a Building Diversity award. (Sam Tenney/91视频)

Patricia Hartley, left, of Professional Lath and Plaster, watches as Maurice Rahming, center, of O'Neill Construction Group, Inc., embraces her husband, Nathaniel Hartley, after the Hartleys accepted a Building Diversity award. — Patricia Hartley, left, of Professional Lath and Plaster, watches as Maurice Rahming, center, of O’Neill Construction Group, Inc., embraces her husband, Nathaniel Hartley, after the Hartleys accepted a Building Diversity award.

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