In honor of this year's MLB All Star Game, hosted in our own hometown of Kansas City, we're celebrating a few of our own All Stars, those small business owners and entrepreneurs who our making a difference to our community and local economy.
Each of the entrepreneurs you'll meet in our blog over the next few weeks has worked with one of KCSourceLink's resource partners, part of a growing network of 180+ local nonprofits that offer low and no-cost services to help entrepreneurs and small business owners start, grow and accelerate their businesses.
Please make the acquaintance of Joe Vazquez, Vazquez Commercial Contracting, LLC.
Tell us about Vazquez Commercial Contracting.
Vazquez is a general construction firm with expertise in government, commercial, housing projects.
How did your KCSourceLink Resource Partner help you build your business?
PTAC has assisted my company in winning government contracts. Some of PTAC's services that I have used include registration assistance; 8A certification assistance; and bid proposal assistance. I also use their bid matching program which brings me daily leads from federal, state and local agencies direct to my email.
What makes Kansas City America's most entrepreneurial city?
KC has many wonderful, free resources for starting or growing a small business.