Meda (Metropolitan Economic Development Association

Meda provides business consulting and access to capital and market opportunities for minority entrepreneurs that leads to BIPOC small business success. Meda also operates a business development center under a cooperative agreement with the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Since its beginning in 1971, Meda has helped more than 20,000 entrepreneurs of color and Black-owned small businesses and assisted in more than 550 business startups.