"Equitable Entrepreneurial Ecosystem" Grants Spur Inclusive Growth

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  Economic Development  |  Elicker Administration Lucy Gellman | July 11th, 2023

Yvonne Alston and Joseph W. Williams Jr. Lucy Gellman Photo.

Noir Vintage & Co. Opens Its Doors On Court Street

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  Economic Development  |  Fashion  |  Vintage clothing Lucy Gellman | June 28th, 2023

At ConnCORP Juneteenth, It's All In The Family

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  ConnCORP  |  Culture & Community  |  Hamden  |  Juneteenth  |  WNHH  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Jayla Anderson | June 21st, 2023

ConnCORP's Juneteenth & 5 Year Anniversary Committee. Jayla Anderson Photos.

At Fourth Annual Black Pride, The Category Is Visibility

APNH  |  Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  Dwight  |  Hamden  |  LGBTQ  |  Pride Month  |  Whitneyville Linda-Cristal Young | June 13th, 2023

Mermaids Make Magic On Edgewood Avenue

Black-owned businesses  |  Books  |  Economic Development  |  Illustration  |  Possible Futures  |  Swimming  |  Visual Arts  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | May 15th, 2023

From left to right: Illustrator Jean Marie Sanchez, Mermaid Margo Jones, Tierra Soap Co. maker Addy Reyes Ramos, and the YMCA's Erin Kelly. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Pitch Competition Boosts Black Entrepreneurship

Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  Economic Development Olivia Charis | April 4th, 2023

Presenter Kianjai Huggan, who later won the pitch competition. Olivia Charis Photos.

Sweets & Sounds Shares The Knowledge

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  NXTHVN Lucy Gellman | March 27th, 2023

The "Boss Up" Panelists. From left to right: Onyeka Obiocha, Renee Loren, Petah “Jay” Johnson, Leonard Brown, Mercy Quaye and Joshua Jenkins. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Sweets & Sounds Returns To Its New Haven Roots

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  NXTHVN  |  WNHH Lucy Gellman | March 15th, 2023

When Angel Dahfay wanted to design her own website, establish a business and organize her first event, she had to learn how to do it completely on her own. Now, she's trying to take what she has learned, invite fellow creatives, and open up that body of knowledge for her peers in Connecticut.

Crowns Held High At Black Hair Care Event

Black-owned businesses  |  ConnCORP  |  Hair care  |  Hamden  |  Politics Lucy Gellman | February 2nd, 2023