| “CMPI offers something of substance…that you can take back to your office and can actually utilize what you have learned with your mentor.” |
Michael von Ohlen, Protégé
Prism Development, Inc. |
"If we help them grow their businesses, we help ourselves. To stay divided and huddled in a corner is extremely short-sighted.” |
Trey Wattinger, Mentor
VRW Construction |
“I have been able to employ some young kids as apprentices. I think (CMPI) is a tremendous value for all small and minority businesses.”
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Larry Mitchell, Protégé
Professional Wallcoverings |
“CMPI is actually helping us to understand companies like Michael’s and from a personal standpoint understanding the way small companies work was a huge benefit to me.” |
Jerry Hobbs, Mentor
Faulkner Construction Company |
“You do feel good about helping somebody… it’s a feeling that I wish some other people had when I was first starting, because I didn’t have anybody around. We pretty much just did it on our own.” |
Chris Murray, Mentor
Tremur Consulting Contractors, Inc. |
“The CMPI organization is a very good idea, they have something to offer that we just haven’t seen in this community, or…any community.” |
Harrietta and Adrian Neely, Protégés
Triad Building Maintenance |
