Itasca Project to Connect Area's Large and Small Cos.
tcbmag.blogs.com/daily_developments/2011/05/itasca-project-to-connect-areas-large-and-small-cos.html
From the page
Saved with the link. Notes from 2007 to 2016 are mostly the page's own words, so this is probably an excerpt.
To this end, it created the Minnesota Supplier Showcase—a forum that will periodically convene large corporate and government purchasers with small suppliers and sourcing departments that have demonstrated the ability to serve them. Each showcase will focus on specific industry categories, and the hope is that the two parties may form partnerships.