Business Briefs New directory available New and improved Black Business % I ? ' Directory offers more fey YVETTE N. FREEMAN f luhronide Staff Writer ?? ?t The Winston-Salem Chronicle has made some well-deserved changes in its annual Directory of Minority Businesses, including a new upscale look for the 1991 edition, which became available last week. This year, instead of being in the format of a tabloid insert with !r the weetyy newspaper, the directory is now in the form of a glossy \ I rfflfgazine-style booklet, comparable to Ebony, Cosmopolitan and ; " other large-scale publications. j !; Chronicle Publisher Ernie Pitt says he decided to change the i !! look of the directory because "The magazine format lasts a lot ! .J longer. It's easier to handle and I think it's more attractive." He added that another reason for the change was that "we wanted !! to produce something first-class, that those businesses in it would be " proud to be in it, and would be proud to refer it to others." The Directory first came out four years ago, when Pitt felt that : the, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County area needed a listing of business men owned by African-Americans, for people in the community who k -wanted to utilize their services, but didn't know where to go. 23; "We saw, as did other minority business agencies, a need to have a listing of all the minority businesses, black-owned businesses in the city," he said. Local businesses were notified of the directory through adver tisements that were run in the Chronicle and flyers that were sent out. Any African-American business can be listed in the directory for. free, the owners just have to notify the Chronicle of their exis tence. Local and national businesses, as well as governmental agencies *lso have the option of taking out paid advertisements in the directo 1 ry; and social, medical and educational institutions can run public service announcements. Copies of theUirectory will also be sent out to all of the minority recruitment agencies and major purchasing departments of large companies in the city, as well as the city government. Each year the number of African-American businesses in the Piedmont businessmen and women, as well as the rest of the community, should find the new Black Business Directory extremely useful when searching out the services of minority businesses. Mundy Realty honored by East Area Council The East Area Council of the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce presented Mundy Realty Company with its April "Business of 4.he Month Award," during its monthly membership meeting at the Library Science. She taught busi ness classes and was a school librar ian before getting her real estate brokers license. She was on the Board of Directors of the Winston Salem Multiple Listing Service and iv Baptist Church. The East Area Council, which was formed by the Chamber to meet the needs of area minority owned businesses, recognizes the accomplishments of a local mirmri better business environment and offers services to strengthen exist ing businesses, to encourage small business creation and growth and to promote the area as a destination for conventions and visitors. m&w / 1 Pictured (left to right) are: Nancy Mershon, Chamber; Zack Wall, East Area Council; Carolyn HardyMoridy Realty ; James Grace, Chair-East Area Council; and Rita Naegie, Stoffer. F. Roger Page Business and Tech nology Center. Mundy Realty, located at 2001 New Walkertown Road, was started by Carolyn Hardy in June 1976. It is a full service real estate company specializing in residential sales. The firm also lists and sells com mercial and industrial properties and vacant land. ? Presently five full time agents arc employed by Mundy, but future plans include hiring two additional agctits to accommodate iU> giowiitg clientele. Hardy graduated from Bennett College in Greensboro with a degree in Business Education and currently serves on the Professional Standards Committee of the Local Board of Realtors. Hardy has been a consistent Multi Million dollar producer. Community service is a high priority for Hardy who served as PTA president for Old Town Ele mentary, Northwest Junior High School and Mt. Tabor High School. In addition, she has served on vari ous school committees including the School Improvement Team at Mi. Taboi High School. She has been on the Board of Directors of the Salvation Army Boy's Council, the local YMCA and is an active member of the United Metropolitan ty firm each month. Monthly win ners are eligible for the Business of the Year Award presented in the fall at an Annual Banquet. Stouffer Winston Plaza Hotel provides din ner for two at the Quill Restaurant and a plaque to the monthly recipi ents. For more information on Council activities, contact Nancy Mershon at 725-2361. The Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce is a leading business organization in Winston Saluii and Forsyth County, repre senting more than 2,000 area busi nesses who are committed to increasing economic development in the region. It works to promote a Free investment workshop is scheduled "Investing in Mutual Funds/' a free workshop to help people understand how to invest in the stock market by using no-load mutual funds they contact by calling toll free 800 numbers, will be presented four times at three different library sites beginning tonight The first work shop is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight at the Rural Hall Library. Next week, the workshop will be repeated at 7 p.m. Wednesday, at the Kernersville Library and then twice at the main library downtown in Winston-Salem at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 30 and 10 a.m. Saturday* June 1. Led by Dr. Larry Hungerford, Director of the WSSU Center for Fxonomic Education, the workshop focuses on long-term investment success that can begin with amounts as small as $25 or S50 a month. Dr. Hungcrford will explain how $40 a month invested for 20 years can grow to more than $56,000 (based on average stock mar ket returns). He will also discuss ways to lower invest ment risks and how to select mutual funds The workshop's overall purpose is to help investors develop a systematic long-term investment strategy, using mutual funds, that will provide money for retirement or to pay for a child's college education. Over' 2,000 people have attended Dr. Hungerford's previous investing work shops during the past five years at local libraries. Printed materials are given to everyone who attends; if workshop participants woufd like to keep the materials there is a $5 change. (Call the libraries for more details.) i ? | directory has increased, as mwe and more established African-Amer ican entrepreneurs^ ave fok? (Jut about the directory, and others , .opened up businesses. This year the directory, which is>.updated annually, boasts nearly 500 listings of the names, addresses, and phone numbers, of local African-American businesses, ranging from doctors and lawyers* to hairdressers and mechanics, plus many more professions. * : But Pitt says there are still more minority businesses in the city that are not listed. * \ .. "We estimate that there are 700. Our directory contains about 500. So we still have a few more to dig up, and we are going to dig them up," he stated. ' .?? Also, beginning this year, the new upscale directory costs $3. to cover production expenses, where in the past, the booklet was free and inserted into the Chronicle newspaper. v ' I The 1991 Minority Business Directory is available at the Win - ston-Salem Chronicle office, the East Area Council; and varipus other locations in the city. ? Triad Pest Control - Is offering Its ? Customized Pest Control Service for $250? Inside and out. Excluding flies, fleas. & wood destroying organisms. Termite Control $75ue9 N.C. Lic.#PW967 , T N.C. Watts I EAST WINSTON 1. Model Pharmacy 2. Pie'N'Pay (Claremont) 3. Laundry Center (Claremont) 5 Etna Gas 6. Great American Foods 7. Smith Cleaners 8. Reynolds Health Center 9. Sunrise Towers NORTHEAST 10. Merita Breadbox OGBURN STATION 34. Laundry Center (Old Rural 33. Paragon Food Center NORTHWEST 12. Minit Market (13th & Liberty) 13. Salem Seafood 14. Fairview Cleaners 15. Silver Front Cleaners 36. Etna Gas 37. N.W. Blvd. Pantry 38. Hazel's Beauty 39. Real Food Bakery 40. Ray's Fish 41. Joe's Shop Rite (Patterson) 42. Great American Foods 43. A Cleaner World -44; Brown's Produce 66. Paw's Grocery 67. ? Amoco (Fourth & Broad) . Hall Rd.) 68. Hop-In fFirst St.) 69. Food Fair (First St.) 70. Baptist Hospital ? 7h Amoco (Cloverdate) Kroger Hop-In (Stratford Rd.) Papers St Paperbacks (Hancs Mall) Crown Drugs (Hanes Mall) Forsyth Hospital 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. SOUTHSIDE 77. Rainbow News 78. Crown Drugs (Peters Creek) 45. 46. Ervin's Beauty Boj angles ront Cleaners 4 ? -i Chf?sS? IS TPm n 77 Tftrfk 16. Gulf Gas 17. Mama Chris 18. Jamal's Grocery 19. Chandler's , 20. Westbrook's 21. Minit Market (27th & Liberty) 22. Chick's Drive Inn 23. Mack's Grocery 24. 3 Girls (Northampton) 25. Shop Rite (Northampton) 26. A Cleaner World (Carver Rd.) 27.. Carver Food 28. Joe's Shop Rite (Bowen) , 29 Garrett's (31 1) 30. Wilco Gas (311) 31. Garden Harvest 3 2. Bernard's 33. Jones' Grocery 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. Northside Fish Market Eckerd Drugs 1 Stop Food (Akron Dr.) Food Fair (Patterson Ave. Exit) Motel 6 Winn-Dixie Tickled Pink Cleaners (Cherry St.) Food Lion (University Plaza) Fast Fare (Cherry St.) Maytag Laundry (Cherry St.) Forest Hills Curb Market RJR World Headquarters Jimmy the Greek Fast Fare (30ih St.) Super X Drugs KAW (Coliseum) Golden Comb Best Bookstore (Reynolda Shop. Ctr Mr. T available at these locations: Marketplace 10. Gulf Gas (S. Broad St.) 11. Gardea Harvest 82. Post Office (Waughtown Station), 83. Hop-In (Stadium Dr.) 84. Revco Drugs 85. Belview House 86. Gold Fish Bowl 87. Joe's Shop Rite (S. Main) DOWNTOWN 88. Chronicle Office 89. Lincoln Barber 90. Post Office 91. Benton Convention Center 92. Cecelia's (Hyatt House) 93. Rite-Aid 94; Revco 95. NCNB Building 96. Wachovia (Main St.) 97 RJR Plaza . 98. Brown's Restaurant ) 99. Forsyth Seafood 100. Sanitary Barber Shop