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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Things we love about Tacoma, its surrounding communities and the world beyond the borders of the Great Pacific Northwest.
Arched by Tiaira is a Black woman owned beauty business specializing in eyebrow services and located in the heart of South Tacoma Way. The Black owned beauty industry is growing rapidly in Tacoma and Arched By Tiaira is helping ensure South Tacoma Way is well rounded and diverse in its offering. There are only a few Black owned businesses on the main strip between 38th and 56th St. Her timeliness is helping her corner a nice piece of the marketplace and she is just getting started.
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Legendz is a black owned walk-up that specializes in “kosher” burgers, hot dogs and Philly cheesesteaks. The coolest thing about Legendz is how much the old adage rings true that some of the best things hide in plain sight. Legendz is also a family owned business and sits on the corner of Sprague and 12th in the Hilltop area of Tacoma
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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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Having a black owned studio space in Tacoma has been such an interesting business to watch people operate. I’m not saying the Post Office Studios doesn’t have its issues, any studio space is going to have its quirks but the energy in the room is never an issue. Owners Quincy and Matt won’t let it happen. If you are not stepping into the space to work on something in a productive matter they may not let you book it out no matter how many $$$ you flash. There is an integrity within the content at Post Office that rings true to the space and the work that comes out of there.
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Lizzie Lous’s Comfort Food is a business owned and operated by a black woman. We first learned about the owner Warnessa and her business through our store manager Daz. Daz is someone who does his best to stay closely connected to the black community in the T and does so by utilizing not only his own network but those around him and his mother’s network is often at the top of the list. izzie Lou makes several specialty items, but she does one in particular that sent Daz sprinting to the office to preach the gospel of Lizzie Lou and her “Soul Rolls”.
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Black owned photo studio and boutique Aisle4our had it’s grand opening Friday, February 25th. While the Aisle4our soft opening has been a blessing for young brands that want to invite their customers out for an experience, not just mundane online shopping.t’s a win win for both parties at the end of it all and THAT is what our scene needs to be about. It’s not like that anywhere else that I’ve been to but that doesn’t mean it isn’t possible. But now it’s also time to meet the tastemakers who host and help curate the pop-up experience and the respective brands they own/operate.
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Above the Brim and Tacoman artist Neon Dion curated and hosted a one day art exhibition Saturday, February 26th at eTcTacoma from 7:30PM-9:30PM. The art exhibit was a chance to showcase Dion’s controversial art piece “African American?” ATB designer and brand owner Daz has loved the art piece since it’s debut in Club907 and the Northwest African American Museum where the piece was once on display to the public years ago.
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