- June 27, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
MILWAUKEE — MKE Black hosted its first summer marketplace, an opportunity for Black entrepreneurs to showcase their business.
The event is an extension of the previous food truck block party. Now, vendors are able to sell more than just food.
MKE Black was started as an app to support and showcase the many Black-owned businesses in the area.
That app now has more than 600 business in the area you can look up.
MKE Black Executive Director Rick Banks said he created the MKE Black app, so people can support these businesses.
“When we launched MKE Black the intention was never to have events like this,” Banks said. “It was to just have our data base and our mobile app.”
Saturday, at Beerline Plaza, several vendors set up to welcome and introduce to the community their business.
Immy’s African Cuisine owner Immy Kaggwa said when she was approached about joining, she was excited to be among striving black business owners.
“It’s exciting to know people are…
