Hey! Maybe you can land a new customer if you are a black or minority owned business enterprise in Boston or know one that can fill some open requests. 311
Viewers have called or written us to request: (unfilled) a black interior designer; (unfilled) a black or minority chiropractor; (filled) hair salon on Newbury Street that is open on Sunday or for one that caters to Black women in the North Shore (unfilled) and for a black or minority business that offers light in-home cleaning and assistance in New Bedford that will bill the US government for services(unfilled).
We receive phone calls asking for transportation assistance to and from Logan Airport all the time. One caller needed a fare from Amherst, Massachusetts at 3AM in the morning to Logan airport. Another flyer coming from Finland wanted a pickup at Logan, a drive up to a New Hampshire keynote engagement, a wait, then return to a Boston hotel, then a return to Logan by end of week. Executive board members of the National Negro College Fund traveled to the area - there were six in the party - and they wanted all types of hook-ups.
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^^ play buttonForty students from a University in Amsterdam visited Boston to continue studying the African American influence on Boston's political history and they wanted contacts in town. There are some solid requests for business services coming in and we'd love to refer them one by one. PLEASE CLICK 311 to submit info about a minority owned business enterprise you know. Thanks!
New KaBloom of Brighton featured. This black woman owned business is located at 420 Market Street, Brighton, MA. 02135. 617.787.1371 | map-it |
Meet Dr. Randall Pinkett, the first African-American business owner to win Donald Trump's "The Apprentice IV" television show entrepreneur's contest, compliments of a W3 Media network // smallwall.net.
Looking straight at the camera, Dr. Pinkett explains his secrets to success.
Governor Deval Patrick's proposal to inject $1 billion into medical research and biotechnology could also be more flexible and cost effective than competing plans in California and other states.
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National Black MBA Association, Strategic Financial Partners, and the Metro-West Black Data Processing Association are actively networking in Boston. inquire!
The Black Pages of New England directory lists businesses owned by blacks, minorities and women owned business enterprises. (617)-298-3000
You will sit in antique chairs from the 1920's. The floor you walk on is solid oak. The space has a chess table for kids waiting. For some of them, it is their first time ever playing chess in a BARBER SHOP. His environment is family friendly. He spent days on a farm in Jamaica cutting hair styles for free. He learned to cut hair from barbers in Kingston at age 13. His shop has a history. During the "day" Sammie Davis Jr. and Malcom X came in for a cut!
This business is owned by Doyen. Since 1998, he has owned A-1 Barbers, 777 Tremont Street, 617.247.7337 map it at the corner of Tremont and Massachusetts Avenue.
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A state office, (SOMWBA), certifies black owned, woman owned and minority businesses enterprises who fit the criteria. 400,000 African Americans visit Massachusetts each year (in 2003). The busiest months are April - September and this is where WE are from. For your convenience, we have compiled a database. It has over 3,500 black or woman owned certified firms and about 1,700 firms with the Massachusetts DBE designation.