About Us

The Arkansas Minority Business Development Roundtable (AMBDR) was created as a collaborative of Arkansas entities to foster growth and expansion, and to enhance quality services for Minority-Owned Firms in the state of Arkansas.

The Arkansas Roundtable demonstrates an alternative approach to delivering services to Minority Business Enterprises through leveraging existing business service resources and government and private funding. Minority businesses throughout the State benefit from this collaborative effort.

The Roundtable is a partnership between the State of Arkansas, the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, the City of Little Rock, The Arkansas Regional Minority Supplier Development Council, the National Association of Minority Contractors, the Arkansas Human Development Corporation,the Minority Business Development Agency - Dallas Region, and the UALR Arkansas Small Business Development Center. Other service providers who represent organizations that targets or impacts minority businesses are also eligible to participate in the Roundtable. Eligible participants may also include trade associations, vocational schools, Small Business Development Centers, Minority Chambers of Commerce, etc.