The Black-owned restaurant boasts a menu like none other in the area, with soul food recipes based off of cheesy grits with a twist towards vegan ingredients.
Black Business Spotlight: South Mpls Black history inspires Funky Grits Read More
Looking to leave a 25-year career in financial services, Jeff Scott opened ME&I Fitness & Performance last September.
Black Business Spotlight: ME&I Fitness & Performance Read More
After working at a dental practice for nine months, Dr. Grace Warren of Nokomis Dental Center not only knew she wanted to own her dentistry business but also own the building that housed it.
Black Business Spotlight: Nokomis Dental Center Read More
With 30 years in the game, Fancy Ray McCloney went from lip-sync concerts to becoming a Twin Cities entertainment icon.
Fancy Ray’s remarkable rise to stardom Read More
February 2019 will mark Lisa Fredell’s 28th year as a shoe shiner in downtown Minneapolis. In 2001, after working at a stand for 10 years, Fredell jumped on the opportunity of a lifetime to buy her own stand from her boss.
Black Business Spotlight: Lisa’s Shoe Shine Read More
‘We do air duct cleaning, which is our primary business. We started out doing apartment buildings and houses. As time went on we got into commercial air duct cleaning in hospitals, schools, an account for the airport — targeting big business and commercial buildings.’
Black Business Spotlight: KMS Air Duct Cleaning Read More
The oldest cemetery member is Morgan Jones, a former slave of a Virginia tobacco field who moved to Minnesota after gaining his freedom. Jones lived in Minnesota for 44 years as a free man. He died in 1906 at the age of 101.
Black history unearthed in Mpls’ oldest cemetery Read More
Sister Spokesman keeps growing to meet Black women’s needs and interests High praise comes from Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Publisher and CEO Tracey Williams-Dillard when speaking about the Medtronic Foundation, crediting Jacob …
Networking with a sisterhood focus Read More
It’s been doing so since 1944 “A mind is a terrible thing to waste” is the signature slogan at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), led by President and …
United Negro College Fund helps students across the nation attend college Read More
A bitter cold draped “Salute to Prince” night at Super Bowl Live in downtown Minneapolis on Monday evening. It was cold enough that the singers seemed unable to perform without …
Sheila E., The Revolution, and Morris Day and the Time brave cold to salute Prince (photos) Read More
Community living is becoming popular around the nation, which makes it easier for individuals who have a common purpose to come together to support and strengthen one another. So it …
Couple provides safe housing for women in recovery Read More
E.G. Bailey has experienced family dementia first-hand with his grandmother and then his aunt. Bailey said, “My aunt’s progression was really quick; she was diagnosed in the early stages of …
‘Dot’ handles topic of Alzheimer’s with humor and realness Read MoreGreater Twin Cities United Way’s new mission is to “galvanize the community to build pathways towards prosperity and equity for all.” This new mission has led to implementing college partnership …
United Way expands local, national, international outreach Read More
Program is first to focus on African Americans Quietly unique in who it serves, Dorothea Harris’ Volunteers of America (VOA) — Minnesota office has until recently operated at 36th and …
Stress relief offered to those caring for persons with dementia Read More
Candidates for mayor of Minneapolis held a forum at a Minneapolis Public Housing Authority highrise in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday, October 24, sponsored by the Minneapolis Highrise Representative Council, a …
Minneapolis mayoral candidates woo public housing voters Read More
Born in South Korea to a Korean woman and an African American man, Michael Goar was placed in an orphanage where he was unable to mingle with the Korean children …
Imagine giving all kids a fair chance — that’s a core mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters Read More
A medical emergency is unexpected, especially when enjoying the festivities of a street fair, but the unexpected happened while I was on an MSR assignment with Craig Hotvedt, the executive …
Screening unit on wheels encourages health conversations Read More
The name Freddie Bell is well known in the Twin Cities, having a morning radio show at 89.9 KMOJ. With a broadcast career reaching back into the 1970s, Bell has …
New urban hip-hop station engages youth, women Read More
The year was 1972 when volunteers started Seward Cooperative in South Minneapolis. Since then, the co-op has had three different address changes before settling into its current location at 2823 …
Co-op takes its “concern for community” principle seriously Read More
From the start, Chris Webley has based his business on feedback from the community where he lives. Webley has worked with Target, Calvin Klein and Victoria’s Secret as a textile …
New Rules workspace expanding for more creative tenants Read More