Webb Plaza

Black History Month is a time to celebrate the contributions of the black community, to reflect on, honor, and highlight the impacts of black history, artistry, and business. For those of us that live in rural areas, it can be difficult to find local opportunities to support the black community, especially when there are few local artistic, historical, or educational resources to engage with.

One important way to celebrate Black History Month is to shop at local black-owned businesses. Although development of large-chain establishments may sometimes be welcome, especially in small towns, it is also essential to support smaller businesses to both empower our communities and keep the spirit of neighborly hospitality afloat. Shopping at local businesses directs the flow of revenue back to the community, opens job opportunities, creates tighter community ties, and helps ensure that employees are knowledgeable about what they are selling. Webb Plaza would like to celebrate Black History Month by highlighting a few of the excellent black-owned businesses in Grand Island:

Honey Braids Salon
This salon offers hair care for those in and around the GI area. They let their skills shine with many styles of braids including knotless, boho, box, French, and cornrows, along with crochets, sew ins, twists, updos, and more! This salon loves to care for everyone’s hair, women, men and children! Come in for a new style or a refresh of an old one, and leave feeling like your look is refreshed, nourished and beautiful. Let the glow shine inside out! Located at 224 W 2nd St #5908, Grand Island, NE.

African Mart
If you are looking for a new scent, look no further! Run by friendly people with a neighborly mindset, this welcoming and unique store, African Mart, sells perfume, clothing, jewelry, food products, and other merchandise that celebrates African culture. Located at 724 W 2nd St, Grand Island, NE, this store advertises that they accept SNAP/EBT. Open every day from 10am -10pm.

Silver Beauty Supply
Are you looking for creative, aesthetically pleasing, professional nails? Meet Sabrina, the sweet owner of Silver Beauty Supply Store! In addition to creating artistic, elaborate nail designs for clients, she sells nail and lash supplies, including nail polish, gloves, lashes, glue, and more application supplies. Located 112 W 2nd Street Unit 3, Grand Island, NE. Open Friday and Saturday from 11am-4pm.

Zabuni Coffee
Zabuni is a coffee company that seeks to empower Kenyan farmers by linking the high-quality specialty coffees they produce with the North American market. Zabuni is committed to the survival of these farming communities who have received little reward for their hard work, and seeks to support them through investing financially and by providing a route to direct merchandise to the North American market. Zabuni offers individual, wholesale, and subscription deliveries of specialty coffee beans, along with custom blend orders and select discounts. Consider supporting this business from the comfort of home by ordering their specialty coffees online! https://shopzabunicoffee.com/

Supporting black-owned businesses is important not just during Black History Month, but all year round. Webb Plaza celebrates the beauty and resilience of the black community, and is proud to strive alongside fellow small businesses!