4548 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19139
T: (215) 895-4000
The Enterprise Center
Founded in 1989, The Enterprise Center provides access to capital, building capacity, business education and economic development opportunities to high-potential minority entrepreneurs. Through our portfolio of business acceleration initiatives, TEC seeks to better position minority enterprises to compete in the local, regional, and global economies.
Rent Our Facilities
The Enterprise Center routinely hosts business and event gatherings. Located at 46th and Market Streets, our facility benefits from close access to SEPTA mass transit and can also provide up to 100 parking spaces in our private, gated parking lots. We can support a whole host of events including cocktail parties, exhibits, business meetings, classes, and even computer training sessions with our Magic Johnson/HP Inventor Center equipped with 18 HP workstations.
Procurement Summit Connected Minority Entrepreneurs to Opportunities
Summit is the Commonwealth's Largest Recovery Outreach Event
Philadelphia, PA - The Enterprise Center, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the City of Philadelphia, held the "Philadelphia Economic Recovery Procurement Summit" at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Nearly 1000 minority and women entrepreneurs registered to attend the information-sharing and networking event.
Since October, The Enterprise Center has hosted procurement summits in Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. The events are designed for "shovel-ready" minority business enterprises with capacity, staff and financing to pursue procurement opportunities funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the stimulus bill. In addition to matchmaking sessions, the summits featured workshops on navigating the procurement and Request for Proposal (RFP) process, and maximizing strategic partnerships and relationships.
The speakers included Mayor Michael Nutter, City Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr., Small Business Administration Deputy Associate Administrator Eugene Cornelius, Jr., Department of General Services Secretary James P. Creedon and Office of Economic Opportunity Director Angela Dowd-Burton.
