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Outreach Initiatives:

Business Outreach – Provide face to face time with prime contractors.  Sessions address the growth of the community and how it affects local businesses.

            Example of Business Outreach hosted by your Business Development Division

• Preparing for the Growth of Ft. Bliss (998 attendees)
• February 25, 2005 (Hotel, Motel, Car Rentals)
• February 28, 2005 (Realtors, Title Companies, Mortgage Lenders)
• March 15, 2005 ( “What does this mean to me” )
• March 29, 2005 ( “What does this mean to me” )
• June 2, 2005 ( “What does this mean to me” )
• June 7, 2005 ( “What does this mean to me” )
• July 12, 2005 (Daycares)
• July 26, 2008 (Educational Institutions)

• Future Combat Systems (182 attendees)

• February 7, 2007
• January 26, 2008

• One on One Sessions – These sessions provide local business with sub-contracting, teaming and marketing opportunities with prime contractors (808 attendees to date)

• November 14, 2006 (22 Prime Contractors)
• July 31, 2007 (Kellogg, Brown and Root)
• August 14, 2007 (SGS, LLC)
• August 20, 2007 (Tetra Tech, Inc.)
• February 2008 (One-on-One session with Prime Contractors and Fort Bliss Life Style Center)
  
  Industry Day -  Provides attendees information on the progress of program, and announcement of new opportunities.  Industry Days are done by the request and in partnership with the US Army Corps of Engineers.  A current and future projects at Fort Bliss as well as the opportunity to meet with prime contractors.
  • August 9, 2005 – Milcon Transformation – Presented by the US Army Corps of Engineers / Ft. Worth District (400 attendees)
  • January 18, 2006 – Industry Day – Presented by the US Army Corps of Engineers / Ft. Worth District (645 attendees)
  • February 22, 2007 “Building Towards the Future” – presented by ISD’s UTEP, EPCC, Housing Authority, US Army Corps of Engineers, Ft. Bliss and 17 Prime Contractors
  • November 15, 2007 – Industry Day – Presented by the US Army Corps of Engineers
  • April 21, 2008 – Ft. Bliss Industry Day – Presented by Ft. Bliss and the Small Business Corsortium