NCDOT: Highways Division - Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Outreach

The N.C. Department of Transportation's Division of Highways in partnership with its Office of Civil Rights hosts regional outreach events for all 14 highway divisions. If you own a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise — whether a small, woman-owned or minority-owned business — NCDOT wants to work with you.

Hundreds of firms representing all types of industries participated in the first several events held on Saturdays since June 2021. The next round of out reach events will take place in September 2025.

NCDOT's Division of Highways advertises and awards numerous contracts each year for all sorts of transportation work. Each project is an opportunity for NCDOT to encourage DBE participation and provide equitable and balanced access for these businesses to compete on contracts.

NCDOT has multiple contract opportunities statewide, including:

Construction
Maintenance
Emergency work
Mowing
Traffic control
Tree service
Cleaning service
Litter pickup
Dead animal removal

It is important to NCDOT to collaborate with disadvantage business enterprises. As such, the department is extending an invitation to all certified firms to do business and learn more about the opportunities available.

Highway Division staff will be on hand during these events to help the owners of small, minority or woman-owned firms learn about how they can do business with NCDOT. These outreach events are being organized by the Division of Highways in partnership with NCDOT's Office of Civil Rights.

NCDOT is asking people to RSVP the appropriate highway division contact below if you would like to attend an event near you.

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Can't make it to a meeting? Additional information for doing business with the Division of Highways is available on Connect NCDOT, the department's website for business and transit partners.

Division	Date & Time	Location	Contact
Division 1 (Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington counties)	Saturday, Sept. 13 10 a.m.-noon	Division 1 Office 113 Airport Dr. Suite 100 Edenton	Marjorie Eckert [email protected] (252) 482-1850
Division 2 (Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico and Pitt counties)	Saturday, Sept. 27 10 a.m.-noon	Division 2 Office 2815 Rouse Road Extension Kinston	Mary Margaret Herring [email protected] (252) 775-6100
Division 3 (Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and Sampson counties)	Saturday, Sept. 13 10 a.m.-noon	Cape Fear Community College McKeithan Building 4500 Blue Clay Road Castle Hayne	Adrienne Cox, P.E. [email protected] (910) 341-2000
Division 4 (Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wayne and Wilson counties)	Saturday, Sept. 27 10 a.m.-noon	Johnston Community College 245 College Road Smithfield	Brandon Herring, P.E. [email protected] (252) 640-6410
Division 5 (Durham, Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Wake and Warren counties)	Saturday, Sept. 13 10 a.m.-noon	Wake Tech Community College 3434 Kildaire Farm Road Cary	Mickey Biedell, P.E. [email protected] (919) 220-4600
Division 6 (Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett and Robeson counties)	Saturday, Sept. 27 10 a.m.-noon	Robeson Community College 5160 Fayetteville Road Building 18 Truist Room Lumberton	Marjorie Davis [email protected] (910) 364-0600
Division 7 (Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Orange and Rockingham counties)	Saturday, Sept. 13 10 a.m.-noon	Division 7 Office 1584 Yanceyville St. Greensboro	Jennifer Sour [email protected] (336) 487-0000
Division 8 (Chatham, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond and Scotland counties)	Saturday, Sept. 27 10 a.m.-noon	Division 8 Office 121 DOT Drive Carthage	Michael McKenzie, P.E. [email protected] (910) 773-8029
Division 9 (Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Rowan and Stokes counties)	TBD	Davidson-Davie Community College Rittling Conference Center 297 DCC Road Thomasville	Marsheeka Steward [email protected] (336) 747-7800
Division 10 (Anson, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Stanly and Union counties)	Saturday, Sept. 27 10 a.m.-noon	Metrolina Regional Transportation Management Center 2327 Tipton Drive Charlotte	Jason Brooks, P.E. [email protected] (704) 983-4430
Division 11 (Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties)	Saturday, Sept. 13 10 a.m.-noon	Wilkes County Agriculutural Center 416 Executive Drive Wilkesboro	Bethany Elmore belmore@ncdot.gov (336) 903-9115
Division 12 (Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell and Lincoln counties)	Saturday, Sept. 27 10 a.m.-noon	Division 12 Office 1710 E. Marion St. Shelby	Greg Brittain, PLS [email protected] (980) 552-4222
Division 13 (Buncombe, Burke, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford and Yancey counties)	TBD	Buncombe County Maintenance Office 11 Old Charlotte Highway Asheville	Brendan Merithew, P.E. [email protected] (828) 250-3000
Division 14 (Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Swain and Transylvania counties)	Saturday, Sept. 27 10 a.m.-noon	Henderson County Maintenance Yard 693 Mountain Road Hendersonville	Wesley Grindstaff [email protected] (828) 586-2141

These events are being organized by the Division of Highways in partnership with the Office of Civil Rights.

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