GRAND RAPIDS AREA BLACK BUSINESSES AND START GARDEN PARTNER TO ACCELERATE NEW ENTREPRENEURS GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., December 7, 2016 — Entrepreneurship in Grand Rapids’ black population is noticeably underrepresented in the broader community. In 2015, Forbes magazine ranked Grand Rapids last out of 52 cities when measured against home ownership, median income and entrepreneurship in […]
JESSICA GORDON NEMBHARD is Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Department of Africana Studies at John Jay College, of the City University of New York (CUNY) in New York City, USA, where she is also Director of the McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. She is an affiliate scholar at the Centre for […]
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By Shandra Martinez GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The Black Market Pop Up Shop on Saturday is about more than selling holiday gifts. The purpose of the Nov. 22 event is also to lay the groundwork for establishing Grand Rapids’ first black business district, said Jamiel Robinson, the event’s 31-year-old organizer. “It’s definitely the first step […]
By Emily Cole Local Editor | Posted: October 9, 2014 | Printed: October 10, 2014 A few years ago, Jamiel Robinson — the founder and president of Grand Rapids Area Black Businesses (GRABB), a Grand Rapids native, and established businessman — noticed something that struck him. A midst the economic boom in Grand Rapids over the past five years, blacks were […]
by Eric Tank on Tuesday Sep 23rd, 2014 Jamiel Robinson is on a mission: by fostering dialog and raising awareness he hopes to elevate the black business community to viable and sustainable heights. Grand Rapids Area Black Businesses (GRABB) was launched in July of 2013 by lifelong resident Jamiel Robinson to build awareness […]
by JOHN WIEGAND | THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 At the 2014 TEDx Grand Rapids conference last Wednesday, Maggie Anderson, author of “Our Black Year” and founder of The Empowerment Experiment, delivered a compelling talk on the economic disparities faced by Black-owned businesses across the country. As her family attempted to buy exclusively from Black-owned businesses for an […]
New organization will support African-American businesses By Charlsie Dewey The Grand Rapids Area Black Businesses organization made its debut recently with a special reception at The Richard App Gallery. The new organization was created to advocate and promote the development of black-owned businesses. Its goal is to create a firm economic base that supports urban […]