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Article: Small businesses follow path to corporate contracts.
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- Westchester County Business Journal
- Article date:
- November 19, 2001
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When Then Joy Crichlow took the responsibility of developing Con Edison's relationship with women and minority-owned businesses 20 years ago, her employer told her to try and get at least a half million dollars worth of business that year.
"He told me, 'Don't expect too much,'" she said.
Today she brings in more than $120 million worth of minority contracts into Con Ed.
Crichlow was the keynote speaker at The County Chamber of Commerce's breakfast, "Strategic Purchasing Opportunities Forum," co-sponsored by the African-American Chamber of Commerce of Westchester & Rockland Counties on Nov. 8.
The conference sought to teach ...