Black Business Network

Black Business Network Strengthening and educating Black-owned businesses in Saint Paul through a Black-led network.

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to strengthening Black-owned businesses, entrepreneurs, and professionals in Minnesota through connection, education, advocacy, resources, and sustainable economic development. We foster economic growth, community collaboration, entrepreneurship, and land ownership by providing resources, mentorship, and education.

Thank you to everyone who came out to BBN’s Food Truck Fridays launch event!If you attended, please take a few minutes t...
05/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to BBN’s Food Truck Fridays launch event!

If you attended, please take a few minutes to complete our community survey. Your feedback helps us improve future Food Truck Fridays events, vendor opportunities, parking, setup, and community programming.

Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/9rMmMJMwvG?origin=lprLink

Thank you to the vendors and Series Lead Sponsor who helped support BBN’s Food Truck Fridays! 💛We appreciate Logan’s Cat...
05/04/2026

Thank you to the vendors and Series Lead Sponsor who helped support BBN’s Food Truck Fridays! 💛

We appreciate Logan’s Catfish , 2Sisters Vietnamese Street Food, Bodacious Vibes By LA, and our Series Lead Sponsor, the Family Business Center at the-University of St. Thomas, for helping us kick off the season.

Through this first event, BBN was able to identify opportunities to strengthen Food Truck Fridays with more family activities, games, music, networking, and continued improvements as the season progresses.

Vendor registration is open for upcoming Food Truck Fridays events.

Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/Bbn_connect/food-truck-fridays-2026

BBN’s May Newsletter is here! 💰This month’s theme is Financial Literacy & Generational Wealth, featuring tools for busin...
05/04/2026

BBN’s May Newsletter is here! 💰

This month’s theme is Financial Literacy & Generational Wealth, featuring tools for business stability, Food Truck Fridays updates, our new Executive Director, member resources, and ways to get involved.

Read the newsletter: - https://mailchi.mp/blackbusinessnetworkmn.org/may2026

🚨 Food Truck Fridays Vendor Special!BBN’s May 1 launch event has limited vendor spots available. Apply by 7 PM today for...
04/30/2026

🚨 Food Truck Fridays Vendor Special!

BBN’s May 1 launch event has limited vendor spots available. Apply by 7 PM today for 50% off per-event pricing:

Food Trucks: $37.50
Retail Vendors: $25

This one-time promo applies to May 1 only.

Apply now: https://form.jotform.com/Bbn_connect/food-truck-fridays-2026

April Newsletter: Prepare. Strengthen. Scale. Read updates, opportunities, tools, and what’s next at BBN. - |URL|
04/06/2026

April Newsletter: Prepare. Strengthen. Scale. Read updates, opportunities, tools, and what’s next at BBN. - |URL|

Food Truck Fridays are HERE all summer long 🔥The Black Business Network is bringing you a bi-weekly summer series featur...
03/25/2026

Food Truck Fridays are HERE all summer long 🔥

The Black Business Network is bringing you a bi-weekly summer series featuring rotating food trucks, food vendors, and retail vendors every other Friday. This isn’t just an event… this is intentional community building.

We’re creating consistent space for our businesses to be seen, supported, and paid.

VENDORS:
We’re now accepting **food and retail vendors** for upcoming dates throughout the summer.

This is your opportunity to:
✔️ Get consistent exposure
✔️ Build your customer base
✔️ Grow your brand in front of the community

Lock in one date or multiple. Let’s build long-term visibility.

Sign up here: https://form.jotform.com/Bbn_connect/food-truck-fridays-2026

COMMUNITY:
Pull up every other Friday with your people 💯
Come eat, shop, and support local businesses all summer long. Every time you show up, you’re helping a business grow.

Spots are limited for each date and will fill quickly.
Check the flyer for details and secure your spot or save the dates ⬇️

Let’s keep circulating, building, and showing up for each other 🖤🔥

🚨 FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS ARE HERE! 🚨Saint Paul we’re bringing good food and community vibes back to Payne Ave! 🙌🏾📍 907 Payne...
03/03/2026

🚨 FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS ARE HERE! 🚨

Saint Paul we’re bringing good food and community vibes back to Payne Ave! 🙌🏾

📍 907 Payne Ave, Saint Paul, MN
🗓 Starts April 3
⏰ 4PM – 8PM

We’re looking for local **food vendors, food trucks, and retail makers** to join the line-up!

🍔 Good food
🛍 Local business hustle
💛 Community energy

👉🏾 **Vendors apply here:**
https://form.jotform.com/Bbn_connect/food-truck-fridays-2026

Bring the flavor. Bring the people. Support Black-owned and local businesses. Let’s make Fridays something special! 💥

Women Who Lead 💛 Our March BBN newsletter is live—spotlighting Black women entrepreneurs, sharing new tools, and key upd...
03/02/2026

Women Who Lead 💛 Our March BBN newsletter is live—spotlighting Black women entrepreneurs, sharing new tools, and key updates across our programs. The Business Stabilization Fund is active ($1,169 raised toward $15K), Food Truck Fridays now begins April 3, and our Resource Library templates roll out by March 15. Read here: - https://mailchi.mp/blackbusinessnetworkmn.org/march26.

Black History Month is about more than reflection.It’s about responsibility.For generations, Black communities have buil...
02/09/2026

Black History Month is about more than reflection.
It’s about responsibility.

For generations, Black communities have built businesses, created jobs, and supported one another with limited access and constant barriers. That work continues today through organizations doing the behind-the-scenes labor.

Black Business Network exists to support Black owned businesses with advocacy, resources, education, and community protection. This work takes funding, consistency, and collective effort.

If you believe in
✔ Strong Black businesses
✔ Stable neighborhoods
✔ Economic power through ownership

We invite you to invest in this work.

More information here:
👉🏾 https://blackbusinessnetworkmn.org/

Every contribution helps us continue showing up for Black businesses, not just in February, but all year long.

02/08/2026

Black entrepreneurs don’t just run businesses.
They stabilize families, create jobs, mentor youth, and invest back into their neighborhoods.

Many Black business owners operate with limited access to capital, smaller safety nets, and higher barriers. Yet they continue to build anyway.

Supporting Black businesses means supporting resilience, leadership, and community infrastructure.

Black businesses are not optional.
They are essential.

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