SALT LAKE CITY — All-Star weekend in Utah brought exposure to so numerous amazing issues about the Beehive State. Lots of Black-owned companies saw a welcomed financial enhance.
Now, the Utah Black Chamber of Commerce desires to preserve that alive and assist Black-owned companies thrive. So they hope a new weekend retail knowledge will assist with that.
Lavarro Greer is a busy man.
“Heavens greatest flavored butters hand-packed by angels of course!” mentioned Greer, owner of Heavens Greatest Flavored Butters.
When he’s not functioning as a radiologist, Greer serves up “Heaven’s Greatest Flavored Butter.”
“I bear in mind becoming a youngster and possessing garlic bread. Properly, we didn’t go to the grocer’s to invest in garlic bread we created our personal. We just mixed fresh garlic, we mixed with butter, we whipped it, and we place it on a wonderful bread,” he mentioned.
He’s been satisfying taste buds in the Beehive State for a couple of years now, and his corporation has been progressively increasing, but issues took off for the duration of All-Star weekend.
“I took away the knowledge that Heaven’s Greatest Flavored Butter is generating a mark, not just on Utah, but on the globe,” Greer mentioned. “We had everyone right here — just about every nationality, just about every creed, just about every race, just about every gender landed in Salt Lake City for a short moment in time.”
Greer’s small business wasn’t the only Black-owned small business that saw a spike in income for the duration of All-Star weekend, and that is why Dr. Sidni Shorter, CEO of the Utah Chamber of Black Commerce, is pairing with Zions Bank to launch a Black small business retail knowledge known as “Utah, Black and Open for Organization.”
“It did create income, but I also feel it defeated a myth that Black individuals and Black companies do not exist in Utah,” Shorter mentioned. “We are right here, we are vibrant, we are properly, and we are really increasing. Now that we have the momentum, why not ride the wave?”
So now, they’re riding that wave, but also calling on Utahns to come shop at their pop-up showcasing dozens of Black-owned companies in downtown Salt Lake.
“I would hope that individuals will get started to accept that reality that Black companies do exist right here, that they are inventive, they are prosperous, and that they can come down and share that knowledge with us,” Greer mentioned. “We enjoy Utah. We enjoy Salt Lake City. We’re a melting pot, and so to be incorporated as an African American entrepreneur is 1 of the most incredible experiences given that I moved right here.”
The occasion is just about every Friday and Saturday from ten a.m. to six p.m. till April eight. It requires location in the old Zions Bank building…
