According to the Founder of Youth Pathways, J. Frank Powell, “We are pleased to be new members of The Capital City African-American Chamber, and are delighted to open our organization to Chamber members who want a meaningful way to volunteer or serve as speakers for our group..”
 
Youth Pathways is a 501.3c non profit organization providing hope to students by showing them the path to future career, college and life opportunities through self-engagement.  It is a voluntary in-school pull-out program targeting middle and high school students who are not involved or engaged in other activities.  Usually these students have fallen under the radar and do not have discipline issues.  They are typically under served and in danger of dropping out.
 

The Capital City Chamber is proud to announce our Annual Business Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. This luncheon will highlight our members for their accomplishments made over the past year.
 
There were will awards for various types of businesses. For more information on how to submit an application click VIEW FULL STORY.

The Texas Department of Transportation is committed to providing information to vendors who are seeking to do business with their agency.
 
In an effort to increase small business participation in bidding and performing on TxDOT contracts, the Business Opportunities Programs Office has established the LINC Mentor-Protégé Program. Learning, Information, Network and Collaboration (LINC) is a small business mentoring and business development program in which TxDOT serve as mentors to selected small business protégées. 

The City of Austin’s Small Business Development Program (SBDP) will host a new event called “The Ups and Downs of a 2nd Location” on April 30, 2008. At this workshop you will hear from successful Austin-area business owners about the advantages and challenges of opening a second (or additional) location. Speakers include Paul Carrozza of RunTex, Ken Schiller of Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q, and William McLeroy of Taurus Training & Doggy Play Day.
 
For more information or to register for this event visit www.cityofaustin.org/sbdp or call 974-7800.