Urban Business Connection
Expanding Opportunity. Strengthening Businesses. Building Community.
The Urban Business Connection is a collaborative initiative designed to support and elevate businesses across the Columbus Region through connections, resources, visibility, and business growth opportunities.
Program Overview
The Urban Business Connection is a program built on collaboration and partnership. Launched in 2021, in an effort to reach a broader network of the Columbus Region business community, the Columbus Chamber and Columbus Urban League combined efforts to grant free Chamber memberships to thirty black-owned businesses. With the support of the City of Columbus, the Columbus Chamber was able to renew and expand the program to 75 businesses in 2022, 100 businesses in 2023, and 105 businesses in 2024. Through this program, these businesses have access to a suite of services (including business connections, specialized consultations, research capabilities for targeted expansion, government advocacy, and member pricing at Chamber events), as well as expanded services in marketing and visibility in the Columbus community. With continued support we have been able to expand opportunities and increase impact among our small business community.
For more information on the Urban Business Connection program, please contact us here.
Urban Business Connection Members
- 36 Catering**
- 4th Street Strategies*
- A & K Memories Photo Booth**
- A Time to Shine
- A Tribe for Jazz**
- Andrea Washburn Events and Décor*
- Arianna Howard Consulting Group
- ATIC HR Consulting
- Beballooned LLC*
- Blessed Business Operations
- Brick Studio**
- Brooke Creative Co.**
- Brown Girls Mentoring**
- Caribbean Interlink, LLC**
- Chaussures LLC**
- Chem Visions
- Columbus Archery*
- Culture ED*
- Curl Alchemist
- Cut & Blow Beauty Bar
- Cynthia Amoah, LLC*
- Devine Film
- Dip N’ Delights*
- Diversified-Recruiting**
- Donna’s Delicious Dozen*
- DPI Graphic Design
- Ellifly
- EPiC Learning**
- Events by Margo**
- Flash Fun Events
- Flow Of Life, LLC*
- Food Leads*
- For The Love of Dance
- GFE Trailers**
- Hatch + Nest**
- HAZE Manufacturing
- Healing Without Limits Counseling and Consulting, LLC**
- Impact Cultivate Consulting
- International Impact
- J.P. Mitchell Creative*
- Jus Sides
- Just Friends Events**
- K Hewitt Consulting*
- KELISIA Co.*
- Konfetti Carts*
- Korporate Logistics LLC**
- KZA Impressions*
- LEAPS Dreamhouse
- Lenz Blenz LLC
- LRT Associates**
- Motivators in Action
- My Last Farewell
- Natural Green Cleaning Services*
- Off Da Grill**
- Oh My! Events*
- One Degree Benefits LLC*
- PawGone Good**
- Pretty Talk
- Purple Star Photography*
- Raette Consulting**
- Ray Macs Mobile Detailing*
- Shades Oasis LLC
- Sharks & Lilies LLC**
- Soleil Candle Collections**
- Solutions for the Silent
- System Stream*
- TGJ Vending Services, LLC**
- The C.R.A.Z.Y Counselor LLC
- The Clean Plate Club**
- The Gathering of Black Women
- The Healthcare Consulting Firm**
- The Infused Xperience**
- The Modern Southern Table, LTD**
- The Torch Room, LLC and Nurturing My Soul, LLC*
- TJE Communications, LLC*
- TriCore Growth Partners
- Varsey Laurelle, LLC*
- Vibe Venue*
* indicates second year in the program, ** indicates third year in the program
Videos Featuring Urban Business Connection Members
Cbuzz Podcasts Featuring Urban Business Connection Members
cbuzz: Shanika & Jomar Sheppard, Marlow’s Cheesesteaks and The Water Ice Shoppe, From Food Cart to Pivoting to Fast-Growing Brand
cbuzz: Dawn Tyler Lee, Forrest Street Consulting: Connection, Community & Helping People Reach Their Full Potential
cbuzz: Tiffany Marr, Wemblr: Financial Literacy and the Younger Generation
cbuzz: Chef Jimmy Mitchell, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the Culinary Industry
cbuzz: Juana Williams, J’s Sweet Treats & Wedding Cakes: It works if you work it
