The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Minority Business Accelerator announced on May 7th that two of its portfolio firms, Vazquez Commercial Contracting LLC and Elevar Design Group, were awarded a five-year contract with the U.S. Army of Corp of Engineers (USACE). The $45 million contract will be used to provide construction services for operations and maintenance for Civil and Military Projects within the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Mission Boundaries. The area has a number of Department of Defense-funded activities in seven USACE districts in the Ohio River Valley and Great Lakes Division, including Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, N.Y., Pittsburgh, Louisville, Nashville and Huntington, W.Va.