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W EEKLY EDITION OCT 11, 2017 Sarabia's Portable Jons Am ong the Fastest - Growing Inner City Businesses in America Submitted by PSAI Member Sarabia's Portable Jons on October 6, 2017 Annual ranking published by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and Fortune recognizes high - growth companies in urban area s El Paso, TX – The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Fortune announced yesterday that Sarabia's Portable Jons has made the 2017 Inner City 100 list. The list, which was revealed at the 19th Annual Awards and Conference in Boston on Octob er 3rd, ranks the fastest - growing inner city businesses in America by revenue growth. Sarabia's ranked 99th on the list of 100, and reported a five - year growth rate of 57% from 2012 - 2016. Sarabia's feature and the full list is available on Fortune's websi te . ICIC's Inner City 100 list seeks to celebrate and enable urban entrepreneurship. Over the course of nearly 20 years ICIC has awarded 928 companies whose success illuminates the innovation and business growth happening in our inner cities. Inner City 1 00 companies are forces of economic opportunity, optimism and transformation in their communities. Providing a platform for recognition, networking and learning, the Inner City 100 program continues to open doors for other budding urban entrepreneurs and s timulate inner city business development and job creation. "We are extraordinarily proud of these pioneering entrepreneurs who lead the way in innovation, job creation and the economic revitalization of America's inner cities," said Steve Grossman, CEO o f ICIC. "In addition to excellence in business, they have also demonstrated a deep commitment to and passion for their communities, which plays a huge role in the wellbeing of their local economies," he said. In addition to being published in Fortune, CE Os from the winning companies were invited to the Inner City 100 Conference and Awards, a full - day event featuring robust networking opportunities and educational sessions led by executives and academics from top - tier universities, including Harvard Busine ss School and New York University. Past winners have reported connecting with multi - million dollar investors as a result of appearing on the Inner City 100 list and attending the Conference. Keynote speakers at this year's event included former CEO of Co nstant Contact, Gail Goodman; award winner and CEO of the Menkiti Group, Bo Menkiti; and Harvard Business School Professor and ICIC Founder and Chairman Michael E. Porter. Other speakers included Tom Lewand, CEO of Shinola, David Segura, CEO of VisionIT, L ynda Applegate of Harvard Business School, and David Whitford, Editor - at - Large at Inc. Magazine. ICIC also celebrated 17 businesses as members of the Inner City 100 "Hall of Fame," which recognizes companies that have achieved making the list at least five times. Note: The PSAI is committed to bringing Members industry news. It creates original content and it aggregates news that appears in other sources. Unless otherwise stated in organizational documents or in Association Insight newsletters, the PSAI do es not have or take a position on the content of news items from other sources. P AGE 10 CONTINUE D ON PAGE 1 1