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From a press release:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n WESTPHAL: <\/strong> After the success of Kinney Place, an incubator for black businesses, Akoma Holdings Inc. has heard from the community that more incubator spaces are required for black-led, black-serving, black-focused (B3) businesses, so they are creating more. \u201cSince the opening of Kinney Place, community organizations have contacted us seeking office space close to the community and we want to meet that need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The McConnell Foundation\u2019s contribution of $750,000 over three years will support the creation of additional B3 business incubator spaces on Akoma\u2019s property, and the development and operation of incubator spaces for Black businesses and community groups in Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are honoured to partner with them and be part of their journeys,\u201d says Naolo Charles, Program Director for the Communities focus area at the McConnell Foundation. \u201cThis will increase the capacity and the economic opportunities for Black and African Nova Scotian community members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [drotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u201cThis partnership with Akoma is a natural fit,\u201d says Charles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis will increase Akoma\u2019s capacity to promote the community\u2019s resilience by supporting B3 businesses and nonprofits, ultimately improving outcomes for the African Nova Scotian community and surrounding area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a result of the space provided by Akoma at Kinney Place, I was able to realize my dream of opening my hair salon and spa,\u201d says Michelle Hill-Johnson, Owner\/Operator of The Studio Hair & Esthetics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was wonderful to start this new initiative for the Black community, in the Black community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”93″] [adrotate banner=”127″] From a press release: WESTPHAL: After the success of Kinney Place, an incubator for black businesses, Akoma Holdings Inc. has heard from the community that more incubator spaces are required for black-led, black-serving, black-focused (B3) businesses, so they are creating more. \u201cWe are seeing an overwhelming demand for office space for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[6162,6163,50,6164,6165],"class_list":["post-42769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-akoma-holdings","tag-black-businesses","tag-halifax","tag-kinney-place","tag-westphal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cWe are seeing an overwhelming demand for office space for African Nova Scotia businesses and non-profit organizations,\u201d says Veronica Marsman, Property Manager for Akoma Holdings Inc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis partnership with the McConnell Foundation puts Akoma in a better position to be able to provide low-cost, Africentric, inclusive spaces,\u201d says Marsman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n