Fresno MBDA Native Business Initiative for Transformation

Asian, Inc. will expand and strengthen business growth in Indian Country through strategic alliances with key public and private entities to serve the more that 770,000 AIANNH residents of California.

In the area of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the project will build upon an existing relationship with the Owens Valley Career Development Center (OVCDC) to provide education and training programs to empower Native entrepreneurs to pursue and launch business ventures.

In the area of Transformative Projects, the project will create a program in California’s Central Valley in support of public private partnerships for increased access to contracts, capital and strategic match matching. This initiative will support the efforts of AIANNH MBEs to partner with Pacific Electric and Gas and other energy companies in addressing fire safety projects across Native lands, creating jobs and removing overgrowth near Tribal reservations.