Owner Kadeem is a veteran painter; 16 years and counting under his belt. It’s a type of proud that leaves you speechless. It’s ironic that his new business moniker is Ascend Quality Painting and he’s literally scaling his business.
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We first had the pleasure of being introduced to Aliyah Davis and Black Magic Sweets during the eTcTacoma x Kinsey Collection x TAM popup shop. During the Kinsey Collection exhibition the TAM cafe, operated by the amazing Chef Tony, Susan and Britney, decided to add black owned food vendors to the experience every third Thursday to help show support and to spotlight them as addition to celebrating American art by Black artists.
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Adorned Abode is woman owned, black owned business. Owner Benita is has a knack for knowing what to buy and for how to curate her boutique in a way that is pleasing to the senses. Her customer services is amazing, she is as excited and knowledgeable about her product and she gets out after it often.
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This business is a dream come true for me in Tacoma. Parable Tacoma is a women owned, black owned family business, it is both a boutique and a bookstore. The sisters and cousin behind the business were enjoying their neighborhood when they initially saw the empty space and began to dream. That is the best part - this is their neighborhood the historical McKinley Hill neighborhood.
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Diamond Leah is black owned and started as a boutique (Satori) much like we did only she lasted far longer a multi-brand store 5+ years…Then she opened her sister store Little Sister which over the holiday season was one of the top ranked shops when Tacomans were asked where they are doing their shopping by Grit City Magazine. It was after the opening of Little Sister that Diamond revealed her eponymous line was underway and she was evolving the Satori space to house her new project Diamond Leah.
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It’s owner, J. Kinlow, is one of the Black business owners in Tacoma that understood how to grow his business portfolio. He started with the infamous Kinlow’s barbershop and through good business sense and a steady clientele he grew the business into a barber school and hair boutique inside of the Tacoma mall.
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We were able to combine our efforts with ONSIGHT253FITNESS in hopes that the city sees our vision. In the worst year on record (in our lifetimes) we are to attempting to provide the best holiday season some have ever seen. The plan is through charity T-shirts w/ our family @onsight253fitness. ALL PROFITS WILL GO TO SUPPORT THE TACOMA KIDZ NON-PROFIT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
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They taught us love starts in many different ways and how they taught us how to play the game properly. They also taught us how to focus and stay attentive. They show us time and time again through effort and action that we can achieve anything. They show beauty comes in so many different variations and that keeping an open mind is the best place to start. We collected just a few of our favorites for this piece but the options are possibly endless.
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Another “greatest” category we touch on this season and will continue to bellyflop into for years and decades to come is our beloved black women. They hold the key to the future the past and the present. Wanna know how we got here?? We got here by admiring trusting and listening to black women. They surrounded us with love and care and helped us open our boutique…
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