Marty is a legal assistant for a Kennewick law firm. His father talked to Miles about creating a better life. And he's done it all with tenacity, saying onward and upward are the only directions he knows. Miles doesn't make an issue of being black, but he remembers segregation and knows he's the minority among construction company owners and Tri-City business leaders. He is considering whether to register Morrison with the federal government as a minority-owned business, which can give a company a competitive advantage in the bidding process for government contracts.
Much success is anticipated from that approach.
That's the way Raytheon treated him all those years, and that's how Miles believes Columbia Trust Bank in Pasco acted when it came to financing the Morrison purchase. Copyright 1999 Tri-City Herald. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.