The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide a second year of funding for the development of a consortium of construction and construction-related companies designed to grow and support small and minority-owned construction firms, to increase their participation in large-scale construction projects, and to create construction jobs. The group serves five northeastern counties of North Carolina by identifying and aggregating the needs of larger contractors and the capabilities of small and historically underutilized businesses (HUBs) who want to obtain contracts/subcontracts, then facilitating and supporting the relationships between the two groups.