Thrive List

08/24/2026

🎄✨ IT’S OFFICIAL ~ REGISTRATION IS OPEN! ✨🎄

The 2026 Thrive Holiday Market is coming, and we’re getting ready to bring our business community together for another great day of shopping, food, connections, and community!

📅 Sunday, November 15, 2026
⏰ 8 AM – 1 PM
📍 The Impact Center | 821 Word Plaza, Rocky Mount

If you want to vend with us, NOW is the time to register!

🛍️ Products & Services
🧁 Indoor Food & Desserts
🚚 Concession Trucks & Trailers
🍴 Food Trucks
🤝 Nonprofit & Community Resources

Holiday Market Vendor Registration:
https://wordtab.shelbynextchms.com/external/form/21f625d0-58a6-4169-b337-80b65ab654e4

💜 You must be a Thrive List member to vend with us.

Not a member yet? Join the Thrive List here:
https://wordtab.shelbynextchms.com/external/form/7c1f7c9d-f6a0-4053-9981-1002669837d9

🚨 Paparazzi vendor space has already been filled. We will not be accepting additional Paparazzi vendors for this event.

And remember, Thrive is bigger than a vendor market. We’re building opportunities for entrepreneurs to connect, gain exposure, access resources, build relationships, and grow.

Come THRIVE with us this holiday season! 🎁💜💚

08/20/2026

A lot of businesses sold out at the 2026 Thrive Black Business Expo and YES, we celebrate that! 🙌🏾💜 But Thrive List is about so much more than vendor markets.

It’s about community. Connection. Resources. Access. Opportunity.

It’s about putting business owners in rooms where they can meet new customers, but also where they can meet each other. Where relationships can turn into collaborations. Where someone can discover a resource they didn’t know existed. Where a conversation today can become an opportunity tomorrow.

The markets are one piece of what we’re building.

Through Thrive List, we want entrepreneurs at every stage of business to have opportunities to be seen, supported, connected, and equipped to grow.

So yes, we love seeing those SOLD OUT signs! 👏🏾 But what excites us just as much are the conversations, connections, exchanged information, new relationships, and resources happening throughout the room.

That’s Thrive. 💜💚

08/16/2026

Just a few pics to hold y’all over form the 2026 Thrive Black Business Expo 😉

08/13/2026

👀 LOOK WHO’S GOING TO BE IN THE BUILDING!

And this is only SOME of what’s waiting for you at the 2026 Thrive List Black Business Expo! 🔥

Food. Fashion. Beauty. Services. Sweet treats. Entrepreneurs. Connections. COMMUNITY. 🙌🏾

Come ready to discover some new businesses and support some of your favorites!

📅 THIS SUNDAY — August 16
⏰ 8 AM – 1 PM
📍 Word Tabernacle Church ⛪️
821 Word Plaza | Rocky Mount, NC

Shop. Support. Connect. THRIVE. 💜💚

08/11/2026

🔥WHEN I SAY THEY ARE NOT PLAYING!!!🔥

Listen…you do NOT want to miss the 2026 Thrive Black Business Expo this Sunday! 🙌🏾

I have been looking at this lineup, and we have some AMAZING businesses coming together under one roof! From food trucks, sweet treats and concessions to skincare, jewelry, custom brooches and hats, family services, lemonade, coaching, financial planning, ice cream and SO MUCH MORE! 🛍️🍨🍋💎👒

And I’m only sharing some of our featured businesses right now! 👀

This is what Thrive List is about, creating opportunities for businesses to be seen, supported, connected and introduced to new customers.

So don’t just like the flyers. SHARE THEM! Find a business you haven’t heard of before. Follow their page. Tag somebody who needs what they offer. And most importantly, COME SHOP!

📅 Sunday, August 16
⏰ 8 AM – 1 PM
📍 Word Tabernacle Church
821 Word Plaza | Rocky Mount, NC

Come hungry. Come ready to shop. Come ready to discover some incredible businesses in our community!

💜💚 We’ll see you Sunday!

08/10/2026

🚨 WE’RE ONLY ONE WEEK AWAY! 🚨

The 2026 Thrive Black Business Expo is happening THIS SUNDAY, August 16, and we’re getting ready to celebrate Black Business Month in a BIG way! 🖤🙌🏾

🛍️ Shop local businesses
🤝🏾 Make new connections
📣 Discover businesses in our community
💵 Put your dollars behind Black-owned businesses

📅 Sunday, August 16, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 The Impact Center at Word Tabernacle Church
821 Word Plaza, Rocky Mount, NC

📢 BUSINESS OWNERS ~ THERE’S STILL TIME TO GET A BOOTH!

Want to get your business in front of the community? Grab your vendor space while booths are still available!

👉🏾 BOOK YOUR BOOTH HERE:

https://wordtab.shelbynextchms.com/external/form/0189dd3c-19bf-49de-8e3b-1b22cfe4b078

And everybody else… come ready to SHOP! 🛍️🖤

Let’s celebrate our businesses, circulate our dollars, and show up for the entrepreneurs doing the work right here in our community.

ONE WEEK TO GO! 🔥

08/06/2026

07/21/2026

🚨 Have You Registered Yet? 🚨

Are you a member of The Thrive List? If not, now is the perfect time to join, it’s absolutely FREE! 🎉

Vendor registration is now open for the 2026 Thrive Black Business Expo, and booth spaces are already starting to fill!

📅 Sunday, August 16, 2026
🕗 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 The Impact Center
821 WORD Plaza
Rocky Mount, NC

We’re currently accepting:
🛍️ Retail Businesses
💼 Service-Based Businesses
🍴 Food Trucks
🎨 Artisans & Creatives
🏢 Nonprofits & Community Organizations

Vendor booth fees: $30–$150

✅ Step 1: Join The Thrive List (FREE!)
https://thrivelist.org/

✅ Step 2: Register for the Black Business Expo

https://wordtab.shelbynextchms.com/external/form/0189dd3c-19bf-49de-8e3b-1b22cfe4b078

Don’t wait, vendor spaces are limited and are filling quickly!

Tag a business owner who needs to see this! 👇

07/20/2026

🚨 Vendor Registration is NOW OPEN! 🚨

Join us for the 2026 Thrive Black Business Expo!

🗓 Sunday, August 16
🕗 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 The Impact Center
821 WORD Plaza
Rocky Mount, NC

✨ Vendor spaces are still available!

This event is FREE and open to the public, so come out to shop, support local businesses, and connect with entrepreneurs from across our community.

⛪ We also invite you to join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 9:00 AM. Attendance is welcomed but not required to enjoy the Expo.

Interested in Becoming a Vendor?

✔️ All vendors must be members of The Thrive List.
✔️ Joining The Thrive List is FREE!
Join here: https://thrivelist.org/

📝 Register as a Vendor Here:

https://wordtab.shelbynextchms.com/external/form/0189dd3c-19bf-49de-8e3b-1b22cfe4b078

Help us spread the word by sharing this event with your family, friends, and favorite local businesses!

05/28/2026

This morning was such a beautiful reminder of why community and collaboration matter. 💜

Today we had the opportunity to celebrate one of our amazing Thrive List members during the Grand Opening of Royal Enchanted Boutique! Congratulations to Martha on this incredible milestone. Everything was absolutely beautiful. ✨

📍3408 U.S. 301 N, Wilson, NC 27893
🕔 Open today until 5:00 PM

Royal Enchanted Boutique offers bridal gowns, prom dresses, graduation looks, quinceañera dresses, Sweet 16 attire, and so much more. And if she doesn’t have exactly what you’re looking for, she’ll work to get it for you!

Martha also collaborated with us during our wedding expo by allowing us to showcase one of her stunning bridal gowns, and we are so grateful for her partnership and support.

This is exactly why Thrive List exists, to celebrate, connect, promote, and support one another. We want to know what’s happening with your business so we can help bring awareness to it and encourage the community to support you.

Stay connected. Stay involved. And make sure the Thrive Team knows what you have going on, because your wins deserve to be celebrated too! 💼✨