Name: Kristen Threatt & Brian Burkett Thompson Business Name: Gorilla Lemonade Year Business was started in New Haven: 2022 Why did you start your own business? Gorilla Lemonade Lemonade was powered by Eat Up our food catering business. We started Eat Up in 2019 and we never sold beverages until 2022 and the rest was history. We got…
Name: Shem Adams Business Name: Phillys A Taste Of Philadelphia, 1008 Chapel Street, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: New Haven started in May of 2022 ( Phillys started in 2010) Why did you start your own business? I was previously an entrepreneur (Barber Shop/Music Engineer/Night Club owner) but never tried the restaurant industry. Since a lot…
Name: Ricky Evans Business Name: Ricky D’s Rib Shack, 302 Winchester Avenue, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: May 2013 (food truck) June 2016 (restaurant) Why did you start your own business? After spending 4 years in Corporate America working in New York and New Jersey I realized it wasn’t for me and I’d much rather…
Name: Nethia Joyner Business Name: Mae Flower & Gift Shop, 302 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: 2019 Why did you start your own business?: I started this business because I had a commitment to creating a legacy for my family. The shop is named in honor of my mother who is still very…
Name: Rashann Boyd Business Name: A Hustler’s Vibe Year Business was started in New Haven: My business legally was started in early 2019 Why did you start your own business? I started my own business because I have always had the hustler’s mentality since a youth. Starting in high school selling candy in the school hallways. …
Name: Carrien Davis Business Name: Any Occasion Creation Florist Year Business was started in New Haven: 2014 Why did you start your own business? I gained inspiration from my parents, who kept flowers all throughout her home in the Caribbean Island of Dominica. As a teenager, I would be tasked with picking flowers from the family garden for the dinner…
Name: Lisa Hardy-Gardner Business Name: 1)Reliant Behavioral Health & Community Services and my newest business is: 2) Effective Community Services TLC(Transforming Life’s Circumstances) Year Business was started in New Haven: 2019 Why did you start your own business? After years of working in various macro-level state and non-profit organizations, and having children, I knew that I needed…
Name: Krystina Jackson Business Name: Soulful Threads, 1022 Chapel Street, New Haven. Year Business was started in New Haven: November 2020. Storefront on Chapel opened on November 15th 2023. We are a new store! Why did you start your own business? After graduating with my master’s in social work from UConn in 2020, I like many others…
Name: Levon Majesty Whitaker Business Name: Transformerz Barber Shop, 1440 Whalley Avenue, New Haven. Year Business was started in New Haven: 2011 Why did you start your own business?I wanted to control my own destiny. Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven? I chose New Haven because it’s where I resided. What challenges…
94.3 WYBC and Yale University salute small Black-owned businesses in New Haven. We salute Philly’s A Taste of Philadelphia, located at 1008 Chapel Street in New Haven. Let’s keep the City of New Haven thriving by supporting small Black-owned businesses!