Chinook Medical Gear was honored as a winner of the 2020 Governor’s Minority Business Award. Each year, Colorado’s Minority Business Office honors for-profit businesses who have contributed to the economic diversity and success of minority communities in Colorado.
Recipients must be at least 51% owned by minorities, women, veterans, LGBTQ or disabled individuals. They must be a Colorado-based business in good standing with the Secretary of State and have a history of generating revenue for at least twelve months.
Chinook Medical Gear is a veteran- and Native American-owned medical gear supply company that has been a staple of the Durango business landscape for the past 30 years.
In 2015, Chinook was chosen by The White House to promote the new nationwide initiative, Stop the Bleed, which encourages bystanders in emergency situations to act as immediate responders and stop life-threatening bleeding. Chinook worked with the city of Durango proclaimed May as Stop the Bleed Month.
Chinook will receive free SBDC training, one 30-second video promotion, recognition at the 2020 Advance Colorado Procurement Expo, two free mentorship sessions with a prominent business leader and five hours of free marketing consultation and strategy development.
