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The Black-Owned Northwest Arkansas Business Expo has been a popular event for the community since 2020. During the collaboration, Black business owners come together to share and sell their work and form connections between guest vendors. The event will be held on Feb. 22 at 11 a.m., in Fayetteville Town Center.Jasmine Hudson and J’Aaron Merchant, co-founders of Black-Owned NWA, found inspiration for the event through experiences in the community as a need for a collaborative outlet grew. The use of social media and their Instagram account, JazzyJaeNWA, allowed for the initial idea for the expo. “We started receiving frequent questions like,…

FAIRFIELD, CT — Turnpike Pizza, at 2505 Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield, is on the market for $129,000, according to a listing on Crexi.com.The business operates out of 900 square feet, and generates $12,000 in weekly revenue, the listing states.”This Pizzeria represents a great opportunity for a buyer looking for a steady business with room to grow,” wrote listing agent Sam Galatas. Source link

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — March is Women’s History Month and WPTV is taking time to highlight local entrepreneurs who are breaking barriers and achieving success through their local businesses in the historic community of Northwood in West Palm Beach.Northwood is a community deeply rooted in history that continues to see growth. Among the latest trend is women-owned Black businesses.“It’s hopeful. It reminds me of back in the day, when we had a lot of Black businesses in the area all over Palm Beach County,” said Denise Williams, owner of Mo Betta Braids and Things.The influx of new business is…

It was 1926 and Jim Crow reigned in the American South when James Blaine Smith managed something rare for a Black man in the middle of Georgia: He acquired 600 acres of land. The descendant of enslaved people, Smith was a poor farmer living in a shack just outside a city called Sparta. But he had big dreams for the tract he had been leasing for years, driving a mule to plow its fertile rows and grow cotton. Eventually, 97 years ago, Smith amassed enough to trade his harvest for the land. The company the hard-working farmer founded on the…

by Mary Spiller May 5, 2024 The Wall St. Index defined Hawaii as the best state for Black Americans to live in. The 24/7 Wall St. has created an index using data from the U.S. Census Bureau to measure socioeconomic disparities between Black and white Americans. They’ve identified the worst U.S. states for Black Americans to live in.  24/7 Wall St. reports, “To determine the worst states for Black Americans, 24/7 Wall St. created an index of eight measures to assess race-based gaps in socioeconomic outcomes. Six of the measures—median household income, poverty, adult high school and bachelor’s degree attainment,…

by Sharelle B. McNair April 22, 2024 Let’s hope other reparation plans are activated in other cities. The Evanston (IL) Reparations Fund’s money will be held at Liberty Bank, one of the largest Black-owned banks in the United States. Reparations Committee Chair Robin Rue Simmons announced a minimum of $17 million will be transferred to the financial institution for residents of the Illinois city. The fund was created to support several initiatives, like the Restorative Housing Program, to increase homeownership and intergenerational equity among its Black residents. Simmons said the measure will provide more support for businesses and homeowners. “Seventeen…

The Indiana Republican Party’s director of diversity and engagement is trying to help the organization appeal to voters of color, an uphill battle. Read below her interview with Adam Wren, from our October issue.Because so few Black voters are Republican, your job seems like a tough one. What interested you about this position?What interested me was a candid conversation I had with Indiana Republican Party chairman Kyle Hupfer about the work he had been doing in communities of color. He was very clear to me that he didn’t want to build any type of transactional relationship, because that’s what had…

Metro entrepreneur Marquas Ashworth wants to help empower Black and brown communities through the Center at Sixth, a development along 6th Avenue in Des Moines.”It’s the culmination of history, it’s the culmination of everything our community needs all wrapped into one,” Ashworth said. “When you have a community like mine, who’s been marginalized, it deserves that extra attention.”Nearly a dozen tenants are ready to move in before the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday. Christine Johnson is a restaurant owner who is struggling to find the money to expand her soul food restaurant Joppa Experience to a bigger location. She says this…

One man was a retired St Louis police captain checking on his friend’s shop. Another was the beloved owner of a Louisville barbecue restaurant who provided free meals to officers. Yet another was a man known as “Mr Indianapolis”, a former star football player.They are among those killed as protests have roiled American cities in the week since the death of George Floyd. Many of the people killed were African Americans, compounding the tragedy for black communities.The death toll and circumstances of the killings are still being sorted out in many cities, but here is what we know so far:St…

KC’s oldest Black-owned bookstore is closing. But owner’s mission will continue Kansas City Star Source link