By Sam Keevil<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In less than a year after its creation, The Muncie-Delaware County Black Chamber of Commerce has more than 60 members and is growing fast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s all about community,\u201d said Jason Walker, president of the chamber and owner of First Choice Electric<\/a>. \u201cWe are trying to better our community and promote financial wealth within our community.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The chamber officially launched in July of 2020, in the midst of COVID-19, but officials say they\u2019ve already seen a difference in the representation of Black-owned businesses in Muncie. The goal of the chamber is to be a professional development resource for Black and minority-owned businesses in Delaware County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The chamber regularly provides a wide range of professional workshops for business owners to attend. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the chamber has hosted its workshops over Zoom. When permitted to meet face-to-face, the chamber will meet at Ivy Tech Community College in downtown Muncie, Walker said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “The workshops are for anybody in the community. Anybody who wants to join our chamber can participate in these workshops,” said Walker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The chamber has been a useful resource for minority owned businesses in Muncie, like Mama Bond\u2019s Soul Food Kitchen<\/a>, which opened in November of 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe were all able to go there and represent her, and help her do a ribbon cutting,\u201d said George Foley, the public relations representative of the chamber and owner of Tailored Technology<\/a>. Foley says despite the struggles with the pandemic, there weren\u2019t many businesses that reached out for assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The chamber has plans for events this summer including a National Parks Day celebration on May 14, a Juneteenth celebration and recognizing Black Music Month in June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To learn more about the chamber and to get in contact, visit its website at https:\/\/www.mdcblackchamber.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources:<\/strong> First Choice Electric<\/a>, Mama Bonds Soul Food Kitchen<\/a>, Tailored Technology<\/a>, Muncie-Delaware County Black Chamber of Commerce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Featured Image:<\/strong> Provided by the Muncie-Delaware County Black Chamber of Commerce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Sam Keevil In less than a year after its creation, The Muncie-Delaware County Black Chamber of Commerce has more than 60 members and is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[9,2],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-informmuncie","tag-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":825,"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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