Shantelle Patton created and constantly updates her directory on her spare time. This is not her full-time job. Right now, nearly 500 businesses are a part of it.
Today we have a collection of interviews about business development and an exciting music segment. First, Jay Moran chats with Shantelle Patton, founder of That Brown Bag Minority Business Directory on some of her banking and financial education programs. Jalonda Hill from “Colored Girls Bike Too” and Jerome Wright with the HaltSolitary movement are with Dave Debo to talk about their planning summit that brings community input into the future of the Jefferson Avenue neighborhood. Jay returns to chat with Afro Rhythm Of The Future, a group that works for a more democratic, anti-racist future.
Patton founded "That Brown Bag" in 2018 to help consumers and other business owners locate black-owned businesses throughout Western New York. Right now, more than 400 black-owned business are a part of the directory.