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Volume45,Number48 WINSTON-SALEM,N.C. THURSDAY,August29,2019
Photos by Alphonso Abbott Jr.
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE
Coco Gauff took on Ashleigh Barty, ranked No. 2 in the world, in an exhibition match at the Winston-Salem Open last week. Gauff defeated Barty 6-4,2-6, (10-8) in a match
that showed why both young ladies are the talk of the tennis world.
Triad Minority and Women’s Business Expo continues to grow
BY TEVIN STINSON
THECHRONICLE
In 2013 Reginald
McCaskill, founder and
owner of Maximum
Enterprises Inc., set out to
create a space where local
small business owners
could gain exposure and
build relationships with
their peers as well as
consumers, thus the Triad
Minority and Women’s
Business Expo was born.
From humble beginnings
with only 25 vendors,
this year the annual
event spanned over two
days and featured more
than 125 businesses and
entrepreneurs.
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Photos by Eyeam Photography
Founders of the Triad Minority Business Expo, Reginald and Aimee McCaskill
The festivities began on
Friday, Aug. 23, with the
Empowerment & Wealth
Building Summit. Held at
the Anderson Center on
the campus of Winston-
Salem State University, the
summit included several
workshops and seminars,
a panel discussion on the
economic forecast for
M/WBE (Minority and
Women-owned Business
Enterprise) in the current
economy, and a speed
networking session, all
free of charge.
The fun continued
on Friday night when
hundreds of people came
together for the awards
reception. During the sold-
out event, entrepreneurs
and business owners
from Winston-Salem,
Greensboro and High
Point received awards
for Business of the Year,
Newcomer of the Year, the
Pioneer Award, and Non-
Profit Organization of the
Year.
Winston-Salem award
winners were:
*Dr. Vivian H. Burke
Business of the Year:
Forsyth Seafood
*Newcomer of the
Year: Ta’Nisha Monique
Cupcakes
*Pioneer Award: S & L
Painting and Decorating,
Inc.
♦Non-Profit of the
Year: The Kyndall Project
During the awards
ceremony, Mayor
Allen Joines presented
McCaskill with a
proclamation. Joines, who
served as chairman of the
Expo in 2016, expressed
pleasure with his continued
participation and support
of the annual event. Joines
said, “It’s been an honor
to be the chairman of this
and to be able to continue
to support it. I just want to
congratulate Reginald and
Aimee for their hard work
to make this happen.”
The main event, the
Expo, was held at the
Benton Convention Center
on Saturday, Aug.24.
Along with dozens
of vendors, those who
attended the Expo also had
the opportunity to attend
six different workshops
that covered a variety of
topics including business
marketing strategies
and the Community
Reinvestment Act, a
federal law designed to
encourage depository
institutions to help meet
the credit needs of low
and moderate-income
neighborhoods.
While attending the
workshop on marketing,
local entrepreneur
Maryann Epson, who
was attending the Expo
for the first time, said
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