Monroe Access Program News Today

The measure was almost tabled for a future meeting and ultimately passed with a 3-2 vote. Augusta Turner, chair of the Ouachita NAACPs economic development committee, argued that the 16.7% of the total required to go to minority or women-owned companies called Disadvantaged Business Enterprises was not enough because the city is 60% Black. Engineer Kim Golden explained how the projects get broken down by component to figure out the fraction that can reasonably go to DBEs. Golden was concerned ...