Atlanta BeltLine opens first incubator program with six Black-owned businesses

Ribbon Cutting
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a small business incubator program on the Atlanta BeltLine on July 13, 2022. (Bethany Cates/WABE)

Six Black-owned small businesses are now open along the Atlanta BeltLine trails. 

The project was created to provide Minority Business Enterprises with affordable opportunities. The Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. and The Village Market worked to select six businesses out of over 200 applicants to open the first pilot incubator program.

There is a major wealth gap within Black-owned businesses according to Mayor Andre Dickens.