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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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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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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This isn’t our first time speaking on the good name of the UpNUp Podcast cast and crew. They are part of the reason why I decided to double down on Black Owned as the focus of blog content this year. They just get it. They find the right faces, voices and there is always an engaging line of questioning from Robel and Erm. The episodes are always motivating enough to keep the audience intrigued and learning something new.
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