MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 16, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) --
WHAT: PHA Teams Up With City of Deer Park, Deer Park ISD,
Deer Park Chamber of Commerce to Host Small Business
Workshop
WHEN: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: City of Deer Park Courts and Theater Building
1302 Center Street in Deer Park, Texas
WHO: Gilda Ramirez, Director, PHA Small
Business Development Program
David Walker, Director,
City of Deer Park Administrative Services
David Webb, Chief Financial Officer, Deer Park Independent
School District
Ron Crabtree, City Manager, City of
Deer Park.
WHY: The workshop will provide informative
presentations on how local small businesses can
participate in the contracting and procurement
programs at the Port of Houston Authority, the City
of Deer Park, the Deer Park ISD and the Deer Park
Chamber of Commerce. Admission is free and open to
the public. Several hundred small business owners
and/or representatives are expected to attend. To
RSVP by Friday, September 9, contact the Deer Park
Chamber of Commerce at (281) 479-1559.
CONTACTS: Argentina James, PHA Public Affairs Director
Office: 713-670-2568 Cell: 713-306-6822
Felicia Griffin, PHA Communications Manager
Office: 713-670-2644 Cell: 713-594-5620
The Port of Houston Authority owns and operates the public facilities located along the Port of Houston, the 25-mile long complex of diversified public and private facilities designed for handling general cargo, containers, grain and other dry bulk materials, project and heavy lift cargo, and other types of cargo. Each year, more than 6,000 vessels call at the port, which ranks first in the U.S. in foreign waterborne tonnage, second in overall total tonnage, and sixth largest in the world. The Port Authority plays a vital role in ensuring navigational safety along the Houston Ship Channel, which has been instrumental in Houston's development as a center of international trade. The Barbours Cut Container Terminal and Central Maintenance Facility are the first of any U.S. port facilities to develop and implement an innovative Environmental Management System that meets the rigorous standards of ISO 14001. Additionally, the port is an approved delivery point for Coffee "C" futures contracts traded on the New York Board of Trade's Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange. For more information, please visit www.portofhouston.com
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