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Pete Strange is chairman of Messer.

Wait a minute. Charlotte, N.C., thinks *we’re* doing something right?

That’s what Pete Strange said this morning at the 2011 MBA Stakeholders Breakfast. The event showcased the success of the Minority Business Accelerator, the economic development initiative housed at the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber that works to grow sizeable minority-owned businesses in the region.

Strange, who is chairman of Messer Inc., also is chairman of the MBA’s Leadership Council. And he told the breakfast crowd that he got a call about three months ago from an executive at Bank of AmericabizWatch who asked him to visit Charlotte to talk about the MBA’s success.

 

To read the full, original article click on this link: Could Cincinnati's Minority Business Accelerator be an export? | Business Courier

Author:Lucy May