These are just a few of the many diverse local businesses taking big steps forward with the support of LASEC Business Connect, a supplier diversity program created to set up local businesses for success during a dazzling run of high-profile sports and entertainment events hosted by the Los Angeles region this decade. A community-focused café and restaurant delivering fresh, affordable, and healthy food to South LA.Ī personal branding and event photography company recently empowered to open its own studio.Ī third-generation, family-owned sweet potato pie bakery putting “the home back in homemade.”