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WBBN is an entrepreneur support organization serving Black and Brown business owners in Waterbury, CT. Advising, business education, and community resources.

The Waterbury Black Business Network was formed to fulfill the mission of B.L.A.C.'s Economic Sustainability Initiative. The purpose of the Waterbury Black Business Network is to build unity amongst Black business owners, promote and celebrate Black businesses, and encourage the sharing of resources within the Black community in order to increase economic power and sustainability within our city.

10/15/2026

Kinfolk Commons: Small Business Saturday

Shop Black. Support Local. Build Community.

This Small Business Saturday, we’re bringing the community together to celebrate Black entrepreneurship and shop with purpose!

Presented by the Waterbury Black Business Network, Kinfolk Commons is a community marketplace featuring Black-owned businesses, unique products, and local entrepreneurs.

Get a head start on your holiday shopping while discovering everything from fashion and accessories to beauty, self-care, handmade goods, art, food, and more.

Every purchase is an opportunity to support a local entrepreneur, strengthen our business community, and keep our dollars circulating where they matter.

Event Details

📅 Saturday, November 28, 2026

⏰ 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

📍 North End Recreation Center
268 N Main Street, Waterbury, CT

Interested in Becoming a Vendor?

We’re inviting Black-owned businesses to showcase their products, reach new customers, and participate in a community-centered holiday shopping experience.

Vendor registration: https://bit.ly/4AZUWBw

Bring your friends, bring your family, and come ready to discover your next favorite Black-owned business!

This holiday season, make shopping Black a priority. 🖤

10/13/2026

Introducing the inaugural cohort of the Blackprint Business Fellowship!

We’re proud to launch Greater Waterbury’s first fellowship program designed specifically to support the growth and development of Black and Brown entrepreneurs!

Seven entrepreneurs. Seven unique businesses. One shared commitment to growth and community.

Over the next several weeks, our Fellows will strengthen their business operations, develop sustainable strategies, and explore the role entrepreneurship plays in strengthening our communities.

The Blackprint Business Fellowship is about more than individual business success. It’s about investing in entrepreneurs who understand that thriving businesses contribute to thriving communities.

Join us in celebrating our inaugural Fellows! 🧡

10/03/2026

Holiday shoppers are already searching. The question is whether they’re finding you. 👀

Inside the Blackprint Learning Institute today, members got a 30-minute play to make sure customers find the right business when they search: yours.

That’s what membership looks like:
✅ Monthly workshops, with replays if you miss one
✅ Live Q&A sessions to get your questions answered
✅ Online training you can work through at your own pace
✅ Daily posts on funding opportunities, local news and moves you can make right away

The gap was never ability. It was access. 🔑

Become a member and get today’s session, plus everything that comes next.

👉 Join now: https://www.skool.com/blackprint-learning-institute/about?ref=7c13e7aca9be48c4ba69d2b497d00cab

10/02/2026

📣 WBBN BOARD APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

As Waterbury Black Business Network continues to grow, we’re looking for experienced leaders who are ready to help strengthen what we’re building.

We are specifically seeking individuals with:

✔️ Prior nonprofit board governance experience
✔️ Financial experience in areas such as accounting, budgeting, finance, or fiscal oversight
✔️ Strategic and organizational leadership experience
✔️ A commitment to supporting Black and Brown entrepreneurs in Greater Waterbury

Board service isn’t just about showing up to meetings. It’s about providing strong governance, accountability, strategy, and stewardship to help WBBN remain sustainable for years to come.

Think you’re a good fit? Apply today!

🔗 https://forms.gle/Qw5MT4aepKMNf5MBA
📧 [email protected]

Tag someone who should consider applying!

09/01/2026

As we close out Black Business Month, we simply want to say THANK YOU.

To every business owner, entrepreneur, community leader, partner, facilitator, sponsor, and supporter who showed up throughout August, thank you for making this month what it was.

From workshops and networking opportunities to community conversations, business showcases, professional development, and simply showing up to support local businesses, every event reinforced what this month was truly about: building a stronger ecosystem together.

Black Business Month may be over, but the work continues. We’re carrying the connections made, lessons learned, resources shared, and momentum built throughout this month forward with us.

Because progress doesn’t happen in isolation.

Forward, Together. 🤎

08/18/2026

Congratulations to the leaders who successfully completed all three sessions of our Blackprint Nonprofit Leadership Bootcamp!

Strong Black-led nonprofits are essential to building stronger Black communities. Investing in the leaders behind these organizations strengthens our collective capacity to advocate, secure resources, create solutions, and build institutions that serve our community for generations.

A special thank you to our facilitator, Michelle Strawder, for sharing her knowledge, experience, and expertise throughout all three sessions.

We’re proud to celebrate every participant who committed to the full Bootcamp experience and invested in strengthening their leadership and impact.

Forward, Together.

08/18/2026

The Blackprint Business Fellowship is officially open for applications and we want you in this cohort.

The Blackprint Business Fellowship is a 9-week accelerator for Black and Brown entrepreneurs in Greater Waterbury, Connecticut. It is selective, cohort-based, and built for business owners who are ready to stop figuring it out alone and start building with real tools, real instruction, and a community that is invested in their success. Every session is led by an expert. Every week you leave with something built and applied directly to your own business.

We are proud to introduce the facilitators leading the 2026 cohort.

Sammi Williams, 628 Digital Design
Rosalee Daley, Rose Affect
Handy Luigi - The Business Meetup Organizer,
Rafael Anderson, Thomaston Savings Bank
Lillie Ennis, The Lillie Ennis Group
Dayla Briceno, Intent With Day
Kim Bianca Burgess, VCL Consulting
Rafael Rosario III, Basement Ghost Media

This program was built for the Black and Brown entrepreneur who has been doing the work without the infrastructure they deserve. If that is you or someone you know, the application is open now.

Applications close August 27, 2026.

Apply: forms.gle/WmY7n1qmhURtU8Jx7

08/14/2026

It’s Forward Friday for Black-owned business! 🙌🏾

Meet us at Beverley’s soul haven tonight from 6–8 PM and come hungry! 🍽️

📍 734 East Main Street, Waterbury, CT

Grab your people, pull up, order something good, and let’s put our dollars behind the businesses that make our community stronger.

Forward, Together. 🧡🤎

08/14/2026

Still riding the energy from Courtside Connect! 🙌🏾

A huge shoutout to the Waterbury business owners who hopped on the bus with us and made the trip to Mohegan Sun! 🚌💨 There’s something powerful about getting outside of our usual spaces, making new connections, expanding our networks, and representing the incredible businesses being built right here in Waterbury.

Thank you to The Business Meetup for hosting such an amazing event and creating a space for entrepreneurs and professionals from across Connecticut to connect, build relationships, and talk BUSINESS. 👏🏾

This is exactly what Black Business Month: Forward, Together is about. Creating access. Building connections. Opening doors. And making sure our business owners are in the rooms where opportunities happen.

Waterbury showed up! 🤎🔥

08/13/2026

Black Business Month is in full swing, Waterbury! 🤎

We kicked off the month celebrating Black health and wellness, and there’s still so much more to come.

Throughout August, we’re creating opportunities to connect, learn, network, and intentionally support Black and Brown-owned businesses across our city.

And we’re adding Forward Fridays! 🙌🏾

Each Friday, we’ll partner with a local restaurant to support together. Grab dinner, bring a friend, meet us there, and put your dollars directly back into the businesses that help make Waterbury what it is.

Because building economic power isn’t just something we talk about. It’s something we practice.

There are still plenty of events, workshops, networking opportunities, and community experiences happening this month.

Visit www.wtbyblackbusiness.org to see what’s coming up and register.

We’re moving Forward, Together. 🤎

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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http://wtbyblackbusiness.org/

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