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In 2020, our country faced two unprecedented challenges: The COVID-19 pandemic and a national movement for racial justice. And while the pandemic deeply affected businesses of all kinds everywhere, racial disparity in business ownership has roots that run deep.

The Accelerator will serve as a "one stop shop" to provide a comprehensive set of support resources to the emerging minority business enterprises

The Cincinnati Regional Chamber’s Minority Business Accelerator has launched a new equity capital fund, Minority Business Accelerator Fund I, aimed at creating larger-scale minority-owned businesses through mergers and acquisitions.

Studies and data have consistently shown that minority-owned businesses receive and have less access to financing historically than non-minority-owned firms…

The fourth edition of Economic Opportunity Lab, CUF's series spotlighting innovative policies from other cities and states that are helping to create a more inclusive economy, profiles Cincinnati's Minority Business Accelerator.

Cincinnati’s Minority Business Accelerator has received a six-figure grant that will help it expand entrepreneurial opportunities for emerging Black-owned businesses in the region.

Everyone wants to know where and why Black Americans are moving, and one of the reasons is to access better career opportunities. As we’re halfway through Black History Month, Development Counsellors International is shining a light on rising cities for career growth this year.

continue to assume important leadership roles. Foundation investments matter a great deal, but the role of foundation leaders as neutral convenors is equally important.

The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Minority Business Accelerator has landed a major federal grant aimed at boosting technology entrepreneurship.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Y. Castillo announced that 50 organizations from 26 states will receive grants totaling $36.5 million to support programs that fuel innovation and tech-based economic development.

Twenty years ago, in 2001, Cincinnati police shot and killed Timothy Thomas, an unarmed Black teenager. Fifteen Black men had died in Cincinnatti at the hands of police between 1995 and 2001.

Small businesses have always faced persistent barriers in accessing capital. This problem has been greatly exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, as businesses have seen even greater inequities and challenges.