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Austin honors 20 years of diversity contracting, TreeFolks and community leaders at City Hall ceremony
Summary
City officials marked a series of proclamations Dec. 11, 2025, honoring the 20th anniversary of the Small & Minority Business Resources program, local nonprofits including Esquina Tango and Rolling with the Homies, TreeFolks’ tree-planting work, and the retirement of ATXN staffer Robert Heath.
Vanessa Fuentes, Austin’s mayor pro tem and representative for District 2, opened a Dec. 11 ceremony at City Hall by proclaiming the twentieth anniversary of the city’s Small and Minority Business Resources program and its annual diversity and contracting awards.
"Small and minority owned businesses are not only vital to our local economy, they are the driving force of innovation and resilience," Fuentes said as she read the proclamation recognizing that the program has honored more than 150 certified minority- and women-owned enterprises since its inception.
Edward Campos, director of the Austin Small & Minority Business Resources Department, accepted the proclamation and named several 2025 award recipients, including Mario Carlin Management LLC (African…
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