502 Black Business Week

502 Black Business Week 502 B*W is all about bringing more exposure to some of the city's best Black-owned businesses.

06/18/2026

Thanks WHAS

WAVE 3 and 502 Black Business Week A Pizza The Pie Eden & Kissi Good Brothers Pharmacy Talk Yo Mac winner Jashaun 502bla...
06/17/2026

WAVE 3 and 502 Black Business Week
A Pizza The Pie
Eden & Kissi
Good Brothers Pharmacy
Talk Yo Mac winner Jashaun
502blackbusinessweek.com

06/14/2026

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Your 502 Black Business Week®️ businessesIf you don't see your favorite listed, make sure they know for next year. Only ...
06/14/2026

Your 502 Black Business Week®️ businesses
If you don't see your favorite listed, make sure they know for next year.
Only these businesses are official 9th Annual 502 Black Business Week

06/13/2026

Styles of Mac & Cheese tomorrow for the Talk Yo' Mac! Competition!
3pm California Park Community Center

👉🏽Stovetop
👉🏽Southern/Soul Food Style
👉🏽Vegan
👉🏽Specialty (ie Lobster Mac)
👉🏽Gluten-free
👉🏽Other

**Competitors will also be allowed to bring 2 additional dishes to sell (Mac samples are free for attendees.

We have some dope vendors too:

🖤A Chelle Of A Dessert
💚Skratch Bakeshop
💛Baby Jones Sweet P Cakes & Desserts
❤️AMIRACLE Ade Lemonade
🖤Pressed You'nique Creations

Industry Judges:
👩🏽‍🍳Chef Virginette Fitzpatrick
🧑🏾‍🍳Chef Aundre' Blasingame
👩🏽‍🍳Chef Alyssia Jackson

🎧DJ Tony Trill

AND OF COURSE The Competitors:
🙌🏽LaVette Thomas
🙌🏽Wayneisha Temple
🙌🏽Jashaun Ellis
🙌🏽Kimberly Moore
🙌🏽LaQuita Moore
🙌🏽Kathryn Fant
🙌🏽Latonya McNeal
🙌🏽Toni Woods
🙌🏽Mariquita Walker

Kicking off the 9th Annual 502 Black Business Week ®️

06/10/2026

Sole Choice Tees
Lavette's Kitchen & Catering
Bussin Bayou
Will be interviewing with WHAS today for 502 Black Business Week

PRESS RELEASE | For Immediate Release 502 Black Business Week Kicks Off with Louisville's First-Ever Mac & Cheese Compet...
06/09/2026

PRESS RELEASE | For Immediate Release

502 Black Business Week Kicks Off with Louisville's First-Ever Mac & Cheese Competition

Talk Yo' Mac: Macaroni & Cheese Competition — Saturday, June 13, 2026

LOUISVILLE, KY — The 9th Annual 502 Black Business Week is coming in HOT — and it starts with cheese. On Saturday, June 13, California Community Center (1600 W. St. Catherine Street) will host Talk Yo' Mac, Louisville's first-ever macaroni and cheese competition, beginning at 3:00 PM.

Competitors will go head-to-head for the title of Louisville's Best Mac, judged on Presentation, Creativity, and Taste by a panel of four industry judges. One winner. One crown. The 502 Mac.

This event kicks off 502 Black Business Week (June 14–20) — an annual celebration of Black entrepreneurship, community, and culture in Louisville, Kentucky.

The public is welcome to attend and sample dishes for FREE.
For more information, contact: [email protected]

06/07/2026

Your 9th Annual 502 Black Business Week participating businesses: June 14th-20th

* I want ya'll to really take a look at this list to see the BIG Assortment of businesses we have in this city, no way you couldn't find several of them to support.

Food & Drink:
Mable's Southern Kitchen
Momma Rose Cajun Hotspot
Creative Queen
Lavette's Kitchen and Catering
Bussin Bayou
TryMe Treats
Gore's Smokeout BBQ
A Pizza The Pie (Jeffersonville)
A Chelle Of A Dessert
Eden & Kissi
The Service Station

Apparel & Accessories:
Happie's Fashion Boutique
Accessorize With Shrugs
Sole Choice Tees
Ebony Greens (Golf)
Manifesting Tees

Business/Residental Services:
Thais Mirage Corps LLC (Operations support)
Hands2Hearts Academy (Healthcare School)
Make It Count Consulting (College Prep/Access)
The Deck Doctor (Home construction/remodeling)

Health, Beauty & Wellness
Fraziertown Artisan Soaps
Life Imprint (Holistic & Wellness)
Sariy Skincare
Good Brothers Pharmacy (Only black-owned pharmacy)

Entertainment:
Leslie Pryor Productions (Plays)
Echilann Images (Photography)

Special Moments (Service or products)
Tenesha Marshall Creations (Balloon Artist)
K & Izzy Monument Company (Life planning & headstones)

06/06/2026

Please don't make supporting Black-owned businesses a fad.

We saw it happen during COVID through 2022(Protests).

Many people suddenly became vocal about buying Black, supporting Black, and investing in Black communities. While I appreciated the attention, I watched closely because those were also the years that 502 Black Business Week and 502 Black Eats Week experienced their greatest growth.

But support for Black businesses shouldn't only happen when a tragedy occurs, when racial tensions are high, or when people want to make a statement. It shouldn't be an afterthought or a performative response because now we need to prove the power of our $1.8 trillion spending power.

The reality is that Black businesses need support when the headlines fade. They need support when it isn't trending. They need support when nobody is watching.

That's why I started 502 Black Business Week in 2018. Not because it was popular. Not because corporations were issuing statements. Not because it was the thing to do.

I started it because I already knew what we were capable of.

I knew our community had talented entrepreneurs, amazing restaurants, innovative creators, and businesses worthy of investment. I knew then that if we intentionally supported one another, we could create opportunities, jobs, wealth, and legacy.

What's happening right now should be a reminder, not a moment.

Support Black-owned businesses because you value them. Support them because they're part of your community. Support them because economic empowerment matters.

Not just when it's trending. Every day.

BTW. My nail tech been Black.

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