The North Shore Alliance for Economic Development will be hosting its 3rd Annual Resource Showcase for Minority Owned & Diverse Businesses on Thursday April 16, 2026 from 3:00-5:00pm at the Enterprise Center.

The goal of this event is to bring greater awareness of the private and public resources available to these businesses and to continue to expand the work of its online Small Business Diversity Directory.

Attendees will be able to meet Resource showcase representatives, receive information, ask questions and network. Additionally, attendees will learn more about joining the Alliance’s online North Shore Small Business Diversity Directory that helps to improve equity and diversity in both public and private sector contracting. Stop by anytime between 3:00 – 5:00 pm

* Minority Owned and Diverse Business:

Have at least 51% of the ownership team in at least one of the following categories: Immigrant, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender persons/people (LGBTQIA), Black/African American, Hispanic or Latino (Central/South American or Caribbean), American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, Portuguese, Disability-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran, Veteran, and/or Woman/Women.

How to Register: The Resource Showcase is at no cost to attendees. Registration is required to attend.

Resource Showcase Participants to date:

 

• E for ALL https://eforall.org/

• MASSHIRE-North Shore Career Center https://www.mass.gov/masshire-career-centers-for-jobseekers

• Nectar Community Investments https://nectarinvests.org/
• North Shore Latino Business Association https://mynslba.com/
• MassDevelopment https://www.massdevelopment.com/

• Massachusetts Office of Business Development https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-office-of-business-development
• Northeast Legal Aid https://www.northeastlegalaid.org/
• Operational Services Division (OSD) https://www.mass.gov/orgs/operational-services-division