Workshops meant to draw small contractors to Foxconn project

State officials plan to hold two workshops in August aimed at prodding small contractors to pursue work on Foxconn Technology Group’s massive factory in Mount Pleasant.

So far, contractors certified as Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, which are often owned by women, minorities and veterans, have been reluctant to seek work on the $10 billion plant, fearing a lack of capital, equipment or employees could make the project hard to handle, a recent survey from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development found...

...The sessions, which are meant for certified small and disadvantaged businesses, lending institutions, chambers of commerce and other business groups, are scheduled for:

• 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Aug. 15,  at UMOS, Inc., 2701 S. Chase Ave., Milwaukee.
• 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Aug. 24, at the SC Johnson iMET Center, 2320 Renaissance Blvd, Sturtevant.