Hello all you beautiful souls!
I'm April Augustine. I am a Black woman, born and raised in Pasco, Washington. Growing up, i was always aware of our small, Black-owned businesses and organizations that supported our local African American community. As the world gets smaller, we have the opportunity to buy goods and services from all around the globe. But we need to remember our family, friends, and neighbors who own local businesses, for they are the real backbone of our community. So let’s get back to supporting local.
This is a list of local Black-owned businesses and community organizations focused on the betterment of our Black community. This list was created from the many lists people within our community have kept over the years. We thank them for their diligence to support and provide information on resources to new Tri-Citians. We reached out to those we added to the historic list and the new businesses to ensure they wanted to be a part of if it. We encourage submissions of new Black-owned businesses and organizations!
Let’s keep adding new businesses and increasing our footprint in our community. This is a living list that will be updated on a monthly basis to continuously encourage supporting our local Black businesses and organizations! Submit new additions or updates to 4IGTSW@gmail.com.
Sign up for email updates to the Black Owned Business and Orgs list by emailing 4IGTSW@gmail.com. THANK YOU to those who have asked for or volunteered to be listed on our local African American/Black Businesses and Community Orgs list!
Apparel, custom design
• Bishop & Kane Clothing
• Dash Custom Apparel
• Leebo Tracks ‐ clothing, jewelry—call 509-205‐9362
• The T‐Shirt Parlor
• Xtreme Onsite Printing (Apparel)/The Tshirt Shop
Art, photography
• Felicia Follum Art
• Joel Nunn‐Sparks ‐ Photography
• Maria McDonald McNamar Photography—call 509-947‐4405
• Post Will Media & Art
Automotive
• Hurley’s Trucking— call 509-542‐4339
• Tommy’s Steel & Salvage—call 509-547‐1221
Beauty salon, barber, haircare
• Backstreet Hair Design
• Complex Gentleman's Barbershop
• Encore Salon
• Juice G Barber Shop (Julius Gladney)
• Princess Hair & Supply
• Salon ‐ Remdi Beauty Salon—call 509-308‐0559
• XtremeBeautyShop
Black sororities, fraternities
• Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA)
• Alpha Phi Alpha (Alphas)
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc-Nuc Epsilon Lambda Chapter
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.(Columbia Basin Alumnae Chapter)
Community outreach, support orgs
• African American Academic Society
• African American Community Cultural & Education Society (AACCES)
• I Got That STEM work (April Augustine)
• Masons ‐ Pioneer Lodge #39 Prince Hall Masonic Lodge
(Vernon Richardson, POC) call (509) 521‐7922
• Miss Juneteenth Scholarship Program
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• The Links Incorporated
• Tri‐Cities Juneteenth City Council
• Wake Up Nation
• Women of Wisdom (WOW)
Construction
• DS Concrete Construction (Eric Orange)
• Langaconstruction & Services LLC
Consulting
• American Tax Consultants ‐ *Finance
• VKing Tech LLC ‐ *Engineering (Vince King)
Food, beverage, wine
• Ann’s Best Creole & Soul Food
• Catfish Alley
• Cupcakes Bakery Deli
• East African Grocery Store—call 509-396‐7219
• Frichette Winery
• Honey Baked Ham
• Uncle Brother’s Fish Fry
Music, entertainment, DJs
• BlueStar Entertainment ‐ Mobile DJ (Vince King)
• Underground Entertainment–Mobile DJ(Shawn & Antoinette Fite)—call 509-416‐6785
Personal care, self-help
• Elite Athletics Training (Trainer: Steven Whitehead)
• justmeReka Inspires Motivational Speaker, Life Coach (Reka Robinson)
Religious orgs., churches
• Galilee Missionary Baptist Church‐ Rev. Odem (MosesLake)—call 509-765‐9763
• Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church ‐ Rev. Eadie
• Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church ‐ Rev. Wilkins
• Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church ‐ Rev. Beard (Pendleton)—call 541-276‐4081
• New Beginning Missionary Church ‐ Rev. Houf
• New Bride Missionary Baptist Church–Rev. Williamson (MosesLake)
• New Hope Missionary Baptist Church ‐ Rev. Jenkins
• St. James CME Church ‐ Rev. Gordon
Smoke shop
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