Indianapolis launches Black Wealth Crawl to drive customers to 17 local Black-owned businesses
The City of Indianapolis, with the Indy Chamber and Indy Black Chamber of Commerce, is staging a Black Wealth Crawl Aug. 28–Sept. 7 that highlights 17 Black-owned brick-and-mortar businesses. Visitors who make qualifying visits enter a raffle; winners receive $150 gift cards intended to be spent at local businesses.
The City of Indianapolis’ By Design initiative, together with the Indy Chamber and the Indy Black Chamber of Commerce, is holding the inaugural Black Wealth Crawl from August 28 to September 7. The program lists 17 participating Black-owned businesses across the city; each qualifying visit enters participants into a raffle with $150 gift-card prizes meant to be reinvested in local shops.
The activation begins with a community celebration hosted by the Indy Black Chamber on Friday, Aug. 28, 9:30–11 a.m., and ends with a closing celebration Monday, Sept. 7, 4–7 p.m., at 1000 Words Gallery. City organizers describe the Crawl as the first major public activation tied to the By Design Economic Empowerment Blueprint; residents can find details at indybydesign.org/wealth-crawl.
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