Featuring Articles By: Sarah Freed, Uber Linda Kennedy, Tabor 100 Advocate

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Message from the President
Now is the right time for Tabor
Members to enjoy some of the benefits
that come from a robust economy and
lots of business opportunities. I am
pleased to see that many of you are
doing just that. Over the last year, I
have talked extensively about opportunities that
are about to present themselves to minority
businesses and it is gratifying to see that some
of them have come to fruition and Tabor
Members are benefitting. Tabor has been a
strong voice in advocating for government
agencies, private contractors and others to
ensure that minority businesses enjoy the fruits
of the fastest growing economy in the country.
Some of our members are working with Vulcan
on its redo of the 23rd Street Promenade. Not
only is that a significant accomplishment, the
company has designed the project with huge
input from community members and
organizations (including Tabor 100). We are
optimistic that the opportunities will not stop at
construction, but carry into the operation of the
new facility, including having minority businesses
occupy retail spaces and be used for other
post-construction work. The Liberty Bank Project
just celebrated its groundbreaking and much of
the work that has been done and that will occur
features Tabor 100 Members. This project is a
tribute to the first African-American Bank in the
West and helps to keep African-Americans living
and working in a community we built and
where our numbers are dwindling because
of gentrification. Kudos to Africatown,
Capitol Hill Housing, Black Community
Impact Alliance, Centerstone, Gardner
Global and Pacific Communications
Consultants for making this critical project a
“win” for our community long-term.
I would be remiss if I did not recognize that the
Port of Seattle ushered in a new era at Sea-Tac
Airport and awarded concessions to more small
and minority-owned businesses than ever
before. Tabor 100 advised the Port on ways to
make its process fairer and more
accommodating, and some of our members won
in what was the toughest competition ever to
land concession opportunities at the airport. We
applaud the Port for its process and our
members for the hard work, creativity and
discipline that led to being able to operate at
Sea-Tac.
This year is shaping up as one that has
presented several major “wins” for Tabor and
Tabor Members. Along with the victories I
mentioned, there are more on the horizon and I
urge you to become engaged with what we see
happening in the future. It is truly a time for
“Shaping Our Destiny.”
Ollie Garrett
June 2017
Liberty Bank
Building
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OMWBE
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Tabor 100/ESN
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Uber
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Shaunta Hyde
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Sea-Tac
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Central District Partners hold Juneteenth Liberty Bank Building Groundbreaking
By Ashwin Warrior and Joshua Okrent
A groundbreaking ceremony for a very special
project took place on Juneteenth in Seattle’s
Central District. Africatown, The Black Community
Impact Alliance, Capitol Hill Housing and
Centerstone jointly hosted a community
celebration for the Liberty Bank Building, a
one-of-a-kind affordable housing development
designed to maximize empowerment of the
African-American community.
In addition to the 115 affordable homes Liberty
Bank Building will provide, the partners have
committed to a pathway for community ownership
of the building, to honor the historic Liberty Bank
through art and design, to ensure affordable
commercial space in the building, and to set up a
fund to support local Black-owned businesses.
In March, the Liberty Bank Building partners
presented to Tabor 100 members information
about contracting opportunities available on the
project. Together with Walsh Construction, the
general contractor for the project, Liberty Bank
Building partners have set an ambitious goal for
participation of women and minority-owned
subcontractors, and specifically Black-owned
subcontractors.
On Monday, June 19th
nearly 400 neighbors and
community members came together at the building
site to celebrate this important milestone for the
development with a day of food, music and
entertainment. Local officials who attended for a
ceremonial “first dig” included Mayor Ed Murray,
Sen. Rebecca Saldana, Rep. Eric Pettigrew, King
County Councilmember Larry Gossett, and Seattle
City Councilmember Kshama Sawant.
Construction of the building is expected to finish in
the fall of 2018.
Learn more about the project at
LibertyBankBuilding.org
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A rendering of the future Liberty Bank Building at 2320 E Union St.
From left to right: Chris Persons (Capitol Hill Housing), Margo
Jones and Wyking Garrett (Africatown) presenting to Tabor 100
members about contracting opportunities at Liberty Bank
Building.

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New Directory of Certified Firms at the Office of Minority and
Women’s Business Enterprises
By Teresa Berntsen, OMWBE Director
The Office of Minority and
Women’s Business Enterprises
(OMWBE) directory of certified
firms now has enhanced search
options and a new look and feel.
On June 1, the OMWBE moved
the directory of certified firms
onto a new software system called B2Gnow. For
your convenience, please be sure to bookmark
the new directory of certified firms.
Another change you will see in the directory is a
new designation required by the Washington
State Department of Transportation (WSDOT).
WSDOT has implemented a Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise (DBE) Program waiver
based on the results of a disparity study
identifying underutilized DBE Firms. This means
some certified firms on the directory are referred
to as Underutilized Disadvantaged Business
Enterprises or UDBEs. This designation is only
for the purposes of WSDOT federally funded
contract goals and does not change a person’s
certification with OMWBE. It also does not apply
to other government agencies that have DBE
programs, such as Sound Transit or Port of
Seattle. If you have any questions about the
UDBE designation, please contact Jackie Bayne,
WSDOT Policy and Reporting Manager with the
Office of Equal Opportunity, at (360) 705-7084.
Other changes coming include a move to online
applications through the new B2Gnow system.
Starting this fall, you will be able to apply or
renew your OMWBE certification online. No more
hard copies of documents and unnecessary
mailings, saving you time and money and
providing additional security of your important
information. In addition, rule changes that take
affect August 1, will no longer require certain
forms to be notarized. We will be sure to let you
know more about those upcoming changes this
summer.
OMWBE is here to be of service. If you have any
questions about OMWBE certification, please
visit us online or call us at (360) 664-9750 or Toll
Free at (866) 208-1064. We also offer free
telephone interpretation services available in 240
languages and dialects. OMWBE is open
Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm.
April 2017 General Meeting

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Tabor 100 Goes to School
By: Linda Kennedy
For the past few years, Tabor 100 and the
Excellent Schools Now Coalition [ESN] has had a
group of minority and small business people
meeting monthly to work on education advocacy –
representing the minority and small business point
of view. Several members of the Tabor 100 / ESN
group attended the Seattle School District’s African
-American Male Advisory Committee Community
Forum on June 15th.
This advisory committee was formed to provide
guidance on how best to transform our educational
system to ensure educational excellence for all
students, especially African-American males. The
committee presented their recommendations to
improve district policies and practices which affect
African-American Males. Community members
were then asked for feedback.
The breakout areas were: Attendance, College
and Career Readiness, Community Partnerships,
Family Engagement, and Policy and Practice. Our
Tabor 100/ESN team focused on College and
Career Readiness, plus Community Partnerships.
Sub-Committee recommendations for College and
Career Readiness were that schools must:
1. Foster positive relationships with African-
American male students and their families by
addressing equity and social justice issues.
2. Increase access for African-American males at
all ages to rigorous, experiential instruction and
hands-on, project-based learning.
3. Ensure all African-American males are aware
of, and planning for, post- secondary options,
and create networks of partnerships to increase
mentorships, college tours, internships, and
other workplace-based experiences.
Sub Committee recommendations for Community
Partnerships included:
1. Use Professional Development to enhance
educators’ knowledge and skills to enable them
to collaborate with African-American families
and community members.
2. Ensure all partner programs support African-
American male students’ growth and success.
3. Create and identify successful local & national
models to support African-American students.
We spoke with committee members about the
need to prepare students for the world of work.
Final recommendations from the committees will
go to the Superintendent in late September. The
Superintendent will review the recommendations
and those which are approved will be put into
practice.
The school district is also looking to support and
for support from education related forums. This is
an open invitation, an opportunity for Tabor 100
Members to help shape their future workforce. In
other words: your future employees. We all have a
duty to aid these students in any way possible.
They are ours regardless of birth. We can either
voluntarily support them now in the classroom and
with their post-secondary educational goals – or,
we will be forced to support them financially later
on as they flounder in the muck of
underachievement and denied opportunities.
Step up!
If you have ideas or suggestions for the District
Committees, email: strategy@seattleschools.org
For more information about the Tabor 100 /ESN
education advocacy efforts, please contact project
coordinator Linda Kennedy:
advocacy@tabor100.org

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Nearly 20 million Americans work fewer hours
than they’d like for “non-economic reasons,”
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
These reasons include personal commitments
such as child care, which can make full-time
jobs difficult. With the rise of the Sharing
Economy, women now have more options than
ever before to earn flexible income that gives them
the freedom to fit their work around their life, not the
other way around.
That is why, on May 20, Uber and Tabor 100
hosted a free half-day event centered around
Entrepreneurship, Financial Independence, and
making the Sharing Economy work for you. This
event was open to all Uber Women Driver-Partners,
Tabor Members, and members of our affiliated
community organizations.
Event attendees had the opportunity to:
· Attend workshops that offered tools for
success in building their own business,
reaching career goals, and increasing
financial independence
· Hear from inspirational speakers such
as Brooke Steger, General Manager, Uber
Pacific Northwest and Aundrea Jackson,
Tabor 100 Treasurer
· Engage in an open Q+A with a
panel of women who participate in the
Sharing Economy and have found economic
empowerment through flexible work
· Explore a resource fair that includes
free professional headshots and access to
local community organizations in support of
economic empowerment.
A special thanks to our speakers who led
interactive workshops:
· 7 Strategies for a Full Life by Debbie
Page
· OMWBE Certification—Promoting
Equity in Public Contracting and
Procurement by Gigi Zenk
· Women + Wealth—It’s All About You!
by Sara Asatiani
· Creating Your Career Vision and
Making It Real by Angee Linsey
· Using Mindfulness to Re-Focus on Your
Well-Being and Find Joy by Kari O'Driscoll
Women in the Sharing Economy
By Sarah Freed, Uber

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JUNE 9, 2017 BY PIERCE
COLLEGE
Pierce College is proud to
announce Shaunta Hyde,
managing director of community
relations for Alaska Airlines, as
this year’s commencement speaker. Hyde is a
Pacific Northwest aviation professional, leading
community relations and charitable giving in the
continental United States, collaborating with civic
leaders and organizations that affect Alaska
Airlines.
Prior to joining Alaska Airlines, she was the director
of global aviation policy for The Boeing Company,
and manager of government affairs, where she
worked for 12 years developing strategies to shape
national and international public policy to support
aviation growth and business goals. Before joining
Boeing in 2002, Hyde worked for The Metropolitan
King County Council and served as a government
relations manager for the King County Executive.
Hyde earned a bachelor’s degree in
communications from Seattle University, an
Executive MBA from the University of Washington
Michael G. Foster School of Business, and she is
also a graduate of the World Public Affairs Institute.
She holds a governor-appointed position and
serves as the Chair to the Washington State Board
for Community and Technical Colleges, and is also
a member of the International Association of
Women in Aviation.
Hyde is looking forward to speaking to the Class of
2017 during commencement at the Tacoma Dome
on June 16. “I want Pierce College graduates to
rejoice in their accomplishments,” Hyde said. “I also
want to share how important it is to notice and seize
everyday opportunities and blessings, and to uplift
other people along the way. I say this with a certain
level of humility, because Pierce graduates have
already learned and given so many life lessons.
What a joy to celebrate with them!”
Story reprinted, with permission, from Pierce News website.
Pierce College Welcomes Shaunta Hyde as 2017 Commencement Speaker

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SeaTac Airport Dining and Retail Spaces
Dear Community Leader,
We are writing to provide you a fuller understanding of the
recent competitive bid process for dining and retail spaces at
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac). Given the
recent news coverage and disparate versions of events, it is
important for you to know the complete story.
To begin with, the Port of Seattle is committed to an open
and competitive bid process that gives all businesses a fair
chance to operate at Sea-Tac. The Port is uniquely
positioned to make sure our operations reflect the diversity of
our region. This starts first and foremost with having open
access and fair competition for opportunities to do business
with the Port. We consider this our obligation as a public
entity.
Leases for several airport restaurants (including Ivar’s)
expired last year and locations were included in a
competitive bid process for Lease Group 3 sites. The
Request-For-Proposals process attracted over 50 proposals
for ten spaces at Sea-Tac. The winner for the space currently
leased by Ivar’s is Lucky Louie Alaska Fish Shack, a concept
by Stacy House and local chef Kathy Casey. Ivar’s score on
the application placed it third in the competition to remain in
its current space.
We currently have more than 90 airport dining and retail
locations at Sea-Tac and will have more than 135 locations
after we complete the dining and retail redevelopment
process currently underway. We are about half-way through
awarding these new leases. However, nearly 700 large and
small companies have expressed interest in competing for
dining and retail opportunities, far outpacing the number of
available opportunities. Testimony at our June 13th
Commission meeting raised some important questions for
the Port Commission and for the staff who have been
managing the selection process including: How do we make
sure the competition for space is equitable and fair, and; how
do we make sure that small businesses, women-owned and
disadvantaged businesses are not muscled out of
opportunities by more established companies?
That’s why the Port identified small business participation as
one of the seven criteria used to evaluate the latest round of
airport dining proposals. Partnering with a small business in
a joint venture was one option to achieve participation. We
believe the results demonstrate our focus on making more
opportunities available for more people. Of the ten successful
proposals in this latest round, six of the winning bidders are
either disadvantaged, small or locally-owned business-
es. Four are national firms that partnered with local small or
disadvantaged businesses as a joint venture. We are very
pleased with the high quality and local emphasis represented
in the newly announced food offerings. Please open this link
for more information about Commission guidance for the
Airport Dining and Retail Master Plan and proposal
evaluation criteria.
It is difficult to have a long-time partner and wonderful tenant
so unhappy about the results of a competitive process. We
have been very clear that we hope Ivar’s will submit a bid in
the upcoming round of competition for the next lease group
of spaces. Ivar’s represents the type of unique Northwest
character we want passengers to experience at Sea-Tac.
The Port of Seattle recognizes its responsibility to make
opportunities available to all. As a public entity we embrace
equity. This can most effectively occur through a competitive
process that is open and transparent. This week we posted
the results for all of the Lease Group 3 packages on the
Port’s web site which you can open via this link. You can
view the scores and keep apprised of new developments
through this web site page or by contacting us directly
(Soike.D@portseattle.org and Lyttle.L@portseattle.org).
In closing, in recent days we heard from a number of
business owners, some of whom won and some of whom
lost in their bids for Lease Group 3 sites. I’d like to share two
of those quotes with you. Pat Murray of SSP America, a bid
winner, said, “By prioritizing dining concepts that are fresh
and responsive to consumer demands, and ensuring
participation by small and disadvantaged businesses,
SeaTac is known as being ahead of the curve. The Port’s
focus on these goals was well defined throughout the
process.” Anne Ewing of Potbelly, whose bid did not win,
noted that she has “never been part of an airport solicitation
process that was so transparent. The Port provided regular
updates on the status of the evaluation process. Most
airports don’t.”
Thank you for your leadership in our community and for your
interest in the Port of Seattle.
Sincerely,
David Soike Lance Lyttle
Interim Executive Director Managing Aviation Director
Port of Seattle Port of Seattle

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THE TABOR 100 BOARD
President: Ollie Garrett
President@Tabor100.org
Vice President: Brian Sims
VP@Tabor100.org
Treasurer: Aundrea Jackson
Treasurer@Tabor100.org
Secretary: Sherlita Kennedy
Secretary@Tabor100.org
Membership: Dee Riley
Membership@Tabor100.org
Education: Kevin C. Washington
Education@Tabor100.org
Public Affairs: Henry Yates
PublicAffairs@Tabor100.org
Economic Development: Edson Zavala
EconomicDevelopment@Tabor100.org
Government Affairs: Vacant
GovernmentAffairs@Tabor100.org
Fund Development: Abdul Yusuf
FundDevelopment@Tabor100.org
Business Development: Anthony Burnett
BusinessDev@Tabor100.org
TABOR OFFICE
2330 130th Ave. NE #101
Bellevue, WA 98005
425-882-4800
Staff@Tabor100.org
Newsletter Editor: Kalea Perry
KaleaPerry@Hotmail.com
April General Meeting & Uber/Tabor
Women in the Sharing Economy Photos
Courtesy of Flyright Photography
WE ENCOURAGE YOU
TO REACH OUT!
UPCOMING EVENTS
June 23, 2017: GWHCC 41st Annual Gala,
7PM, Mandarin Oriental Hotel
June 24, 2017: Tabor 100 General Meeting,
10AM-12PM, Central Area Senior Center
June 24, 2017: Black Graduation, 4PM-7pm,
Washington Hall
July 11, 2017: 2017 Reverse Vendor Trade
Show, 11AM-3PM, Seattle Center Fisher
Pavilion
July 17, 2017: Seattle Chamber 23rd Annual
Virginia Mason Seattle Metro Chamber Golf
Classic
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Education Committee meets after the Tabor
General Meeting, the last Saturday of the month
from 12-2pm at the Central Area Senior Center
Please Contact Committee Chairs for More
Information on Meeting Dates and Times

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