How HUBZone Companies Help Their Communities

HUBZone companies are the heart of America. Small businesses create jobs. While majority corporations are down-sizing, small businesses are starting up, growing and hiring people in small towns and under-utilized areas of cities. These economically depressed pockets are growing and improving with the stimulation of new business in the area as new jobs are created.

The HUBZone empowerment-contracting program provides federal contracting opportunities for qualified businesses located in these distressed areas. New jobs are created when majority corporations purchase products and services from these underutilized corporations located in economically depressed areas.

How are HUBZone contracts awarded?

Case Study

Progressive Industries, Inc. is exemplary of the success of small independent companies in the face of large corporations. Since 1985, their business has grown steadily in a quiet corner of Northwest Chicago, far from the bustle of downtown's thriving business districts. Their commitment to working with local vendors and hiring local employees enabled their recognition as a HUBZone supplier, which resulted in an increase in Federal bids that brought even more business opportunities into their community.
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