Black small business owners in Columbia receive grants from national coalition.

Five Black small business owners in Columbia recently received $5,000 grants from the Coalition to Back Black Businesses.

The Coalition is a multi-year-grantmaking and mentorship initiative established by American Express and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to address the needs of businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and support their long-term growth, according to a news release. This year the Coalition is giving out $1.62 million in awards to Black-owned small businesses in 34 states.

The recipients from Columbia are Stephanie Armstrong of Caveman Haircuts, a local barbershop staffed with woman barbers; Vonquintella Golson of JMG Transport, a local transportation company that mentors driver sot become owner-operators; Carmen Young of One Forty Logistics, a service-based logistics...

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