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The Chiefs inspired this Kansas City immigrant to embrace his new home — and start his own business KCUR Source link

In the early ’90s, Daymond John was a budding designer, sewing hats to sell in his mother’s Queens, New  York, neighborhood. It was during that time Daymond remembers reading something that redefined his mission as an entrepreneur.An executive of the Timberland Company — at the time a rising brand whose nubuck leather boots were becoming synonymous with cool in New York City, especially among young African Americans — told The New York Times that the company was scaling back distribution to cater to its “target customer.”Like many of Timberland’s Black customers, who took “target customer” to mean wealthy, white customers,…

At Black Business Expo, Hartford businesses make sales—and build community News From The States Source link

The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah recently launched the Cameron Russell Williams Legacy Scholarship to honor Cameron Russell Williams, the beloved late Utah technology innovator, community leader and entrepreneur. Continuing Williams’ quest for economic empowerment for all, the scholarship seeks to create a more diverse and inclusive pipeline of aspiring, talented leaders in Utah. This endowed scholarship will be gifted annually to an underrepresented student at the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute who is interested in technology and business. The scholarship was established in partnership with Williams’ family who along with friends donated $35,000 to…

Ecotourism dropped 90% in Yellowstone after spring flooding took out roads after a record 5 million visited in 2021. America’s first national park is back in business.YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – Preserving nature keeps Yellowstone National Park and its neighbors green in more ways than one. The millions of ecotourists flocking to make memories in Yellowstone mean big business and cash.Keeping industry out of the 3,472 square miles across Wyoming, Montana and Idaho brought in $630 million to gateway neighborhoods in 2021, estimated the National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey.7 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK A look at…

Black-owned food business evicted from new Elephant and Castle shopping mall voice-online.co.uk Source link

UNION, Mo. — Black Sheep Ammunition, a recently formed manufacturing company specializing in small-caliber ammunition for use at shooting ranges, plans to invest $2.9 million to build out a production facility in Union, Missouri. The company, which expects the location to open later this year, said the facility will create 17 jobs, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. For the Union project, Black Sheep Ammunition is eligible to receive up to $190,483 over five years through the state’s Missouri Works Program, which provides access to capital through withholdings or tax credits for job…

In 2020, the hoarse throats that have long called for racial justice had their calls answered and strengthened when protesters took to the streets across the United States. In Omaha, thousands demonstrated across the city. They called for an end to police brutality, solutions for social inequality and, above all, change they could believe in. In Omaha, Black Americans have long been the minority. Their history is a catalogue of oppression, protest and small inches forward. At The Reader we’ve tried to put together an extensive, but in no way exhaustive, list to show that the past is always informing…

In Memoriam: Frederic D. McKenzie, 1964-2020 The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education Source link

Ghana Property & Lifestyle Expo sparks investor interest with Washington DC edition The Business & Financial Times Source link