Black-owned business

Alisa Lawrence comes from a long family lineage of distilling. In 2015 her uncle, Robert Patton-Spruill, founded their family-owned and operated business, New England Sweetwater Farm & Distillery, located in New Hampshire.

For Nerline “Lina” Moise, building her business was a complete accident. She was often repairing bicycles for family and friends when they suggested that she offer her services to community members across the city who were too busy to make it to the repair shop.

The Omolade family is committed to serving the city of Watertown, one haircut at a time. Not even the COVID-19 pandemic was going to stand in their way, as brothers Omar and Shea  opened their barbershop, 1st Yard Barbers, on August 15, 2020.

A new flower shop arrived in Mattapan this summer with a mission to impact the community with beauty. This is what owner and founder Yanique Shaw seeks to do each day with her newly opened store, The Boston Flower Company.

After a successful career as an entertainment promoter for celebrities such as Prince and Destiny’s Child, Terryl Calloway realized that all of these artists had one practical need in common: They relied on print shops for their marketing flyers. 

The Little Cocoa Bean, a child-friendly cafe in Jamaica Plain, started off as a vendor at the Seaport x Black Owned Bos. Market that takes place every month from May through October. This season they will be running the market’s play area.

After visiting the area during the summertime, Susie and Doug Rich fell in love with the town of Rockport, Massachusetts.

Inspired by a project for one of her integrated chemical engineering courses at MIT during her senior year, Barbara A. Thomas decided to take on soapmaking.

Increasing private investment in lower-income and underserved communities takes more than a few well-heeled supporters, says a new report from Boston Impact Initiative, a nonprofit impact investing fund.

As a proud certified corporate member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, Westnet places a high value on diversity, recognizing that different perspectives enhance its business operations and customer relationships.

When Dianne Austin was diagnosed with breast cancer, she never imagined having a hard time securing natural and textured wigs for herself for her medical hair loss in cancer center boutiques. Out of this difficult lived experience, she and her sister, Pamela Shaddock, decided to disrupt this health care disparity and become the co-founders of Coils to Locs.

The crowd roared in applause and cheers as Pinky Cole Hayes came out to greet the audience, dancing to “Back That Thang Up,” by hip-hop artist Juvenile, as the keynote speaker for the 2024 Mass Black Expo conference, “Building Black Wealth, Empowering Black Voices,” held last weekend.