Business incubator E.G. Woode has opened its first small-business hub on the South Side of Chicago to house four Black-owned businesses.
On Thursday, the organization held a ribbon cutting ceremony on the new property at 1122 W. 63rd St. in Englewood, where Powell’s Barbershop, consignment shop Marie|Wesley, Momentum Coffee and design firm Beehyyve will run out of.
“E.G. Woode has helped me to turn my dream into a reality. They’ve been like a parental guide helping me every step of the way to grow my business in service to the Englewood community,” Nanette Tucker, owner of Marie|Wesley said in a news release. “Now that I have a retail space to call home, I am working hard to really see my business grow.”
E.G. Woode is an organization founded in 2017 that provides Black…
