http://blogs.ridemetro.org/blogs/write_on/archive/2008/12/12/I_2700_m-Certified-_2D00_-What_2700_s-Next_3F00_.aspxAbout 55 small business owners filed into our board room this morning to learn tips on how to do business with a giant agency like METRO. With construction already underway on one of our five light-rail lines and plans to complete these lines by 2012,enCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)http://blogs.ridemetro.org/blogs/write_on/archive/2008/12/12/I_2700_m-Certified-_2D00_-What_2700_s-Next_3F00_.aspx#6731Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:42:18 GMTd28ebc89-27af-41e7-9b5c-0c1b3d1b56ff:6731DominicMazochOK, may I ask what exactly will these small buinesses be working on during the building of the LRT? I don't think it will be building railcars, track or overhead wire? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.ridemetro.org/> http://blogs.ridemetro.org/blogs/write_on/archive/2008/12/12/I_2700_m-Certified-_2D00_-What_2700_s-Next_3F00_.aspx#6733Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:23:30 GMTd28ebc89-27af-41e7-9b5c-0c1b3d1b56ff:6733Agatha<p>Dominic:</p><p>There are many possibilities. One, for example, is that rather than providing the things you identified, small businesses have the opportunity to contribute what they can to the companies that do. In many cases, larger companies that provide services to METRO must use a percentage of project funds to hire small businesses.</p><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.ridemetro.org/> http://blogs.ridemetro.org/blogs/write_on/archive/2008/12/12/I_2700_m-Certified-_2D00_-What_2700_s-Next_3F00_.aspx#6737Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:08:24 GMTd28ebc89-27af-41e7-9b5c-0c1b3d1b56ff:6737DominicMazoch<p>Agatha:</p><p>OK, then; &nbsp;now does this federal requirement apply to ALL transportation projects, or just to transit? &nbsp;If they did/do not, then why are transit projects &quot;picked on&quot;?</p><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.ridemetro.org/>