Each of the following six companies on the list relies heavily on its inner-city location to attract workers. Owner Dan Francis relies on local programs to find the workforce for his presort mail services business. 11 of his 14 managers started out in a high school mentoring program.
Titan makes lawn, garden, and exercise products.
Triad specializes in custom metal and wood commercial fixtures. CEO Vern Wellington notes that more than half of his employees are minorities and live in the inner city. Inc. The CEOs of these companies are proving that it is possible to run a growing, thriving business in the inner city. They are succeeding not in spite of their inner-city location, but because of it. At the RCGA Annual Meeting and Dinner this past December, the organization presented eight major initiatives developed over an 18-month period by a special task force of the RCGA Board of Directors.