Black-owned businesses in Berkeley demonstrate the city’s economic resilience
The stories of three Black enterprises demonstrate Berkeley’s economic diversity and ingenuity of its entrepreneurs, even amidst a pandemic.
Discovered in Berkeley
Small Business Week may be postponed, but Berkeley businesses keep innovating
Sponsored: Berkeley businesses are finding new ways to deliver value to the community – and society at large – in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Berkeley business innovations enable residents to spoil themselves while sheltering
Sponsored: Some of Berkeley’s small businesses are devising new products, services to survive through the pandemic.
Recent Stories
Alchemy Collective empowers its baristas with ownership, quality coffee
Sponsored: Alchemy is growing an innovative worker-owned café business that’s buzzing with community energy in the Lorin District.
All Power Labs: Using the spirit of Burning Man to address climate change
[Sponsored] Berkeley-based All Power Labs makes machines that generate carbon-negative energy from agriculture waste materials.
Urban Ore pushes for zero waste by finding treasures in trash
[Sponsored] West Berkeley-based Urban Ore is a treasure trove of unique upcycled gifts with interesting backstories.
ACCI Gallery molds connection between artists and their community
[Sponsored] ACCI, an artist-run co-op offering hand made objects by skilled local artisans, provides a great alternative to big box retail and online shopping for the holidays.
Breaking the sound barrier in West Berkeley with precision manufacturing
[Sponsored] At its large West Berkeley complex of buildings, Meyer Sound manufactures precision products that are used at venues large and small around the world.
Berkeley’s Gather, more than just a place to meet
[Sponsored] Gather is helping to expand the farm-to-table movement by weaving together fine dining, hyperlocal ingredients and a focus on social enterprise.
Metro Lighting upcycles for illumination
[Sponsored] West Berkeley-based Metro Lighting makes its products on site, often from salvaged items.
After a surprise discovery, Berkeley startup EnChroma brightens the vision of the colorblind
[Sponsored] Glasses made by the West Berkeley eyewear company have helped thousands see colors for the first time.
