Ascend Cities 1/30/25 Ascend Cities 1/30/25

Building Opportunity

Ascend Cities 3/22/24 Ascend Cities 3/22/24

Bubbers, Providing a Respectable Living Wage

Ascend Cities 3/8/24 Ascend Cities 3/8/24

Women in Construction Spotlight- Kristy Whitney

Martha Flores Perez 8/3/23 Martha Flores Perez 8/3/23

Ascend LA hosts the 2023 National Conference

Martha Flores Perez 5/11/23 Martha Flores Perez 5/11/23

Ascend Launches Mentor-Protégé Program for People of Color Owned Businesses in Collaboration with IBM, Morehouse College, and the University of Washington Foster School of Business

IBM announcement

Ascend Cities 4/6/23 Ascend Cities 4/6/23

La-Z-Boy Joins Ascend National Cohort as a Partner, in Collaboration with The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, and the University of Washington Foster School of Business

La=Z-Boy announcement

Ascend Cities 2/6/23 Ascend Cities 2/6/23

Driving Equitable Entrepreneurship through the Ascend Program in 2022

Ascend Cities 11/9/22 Ascend Cities 11/9/22

New Program Manager at BOC- Ascend NY

New Hire at BOC Capital- from Ascend NY

Ascend Cities 11/8/22 Ascend Cities 11/8/22

MEDA Adds Hamdi Husein to The Ascend Family

Hamdi Husein is the newest member of the Ascend network, she is located in Twin Cities, MN.

Ascend Cities 11/1/22 Ascend Cities 11/1/22

People of color-owned businesses served by the Ascend network surpass $2 billion in contracts

New national program accelerates local businesses’ growth through its M3 Model, helping enterprises increase their access to markets through contracting opportunities, management skills through mentoring, and access to money through loans and investments.