Articles About Black-owned business

• Take yourself on a tour, learn about Black history in Yellow Springs

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 6, 2025

  

  The self-guided tour, a collaboration among The 365 Project, Livable/Equitable/Age-Friendly Yellow Springs, the YS Community Foundation and the Village of Yellow Springs, is working to pair permanent markers with an online map and historical notes designed for residents and visitors to follow on their own.

• Black-owned businesses thrive in Yellow Springs

  By Cheryl DurgansFebruary 25, 2024

  

  Yellow Springs has seen a steep decline in its African American population,  from around 30% in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, to the current population of less than 12%, but Black businesses continue to thrive in the village.

• Marking Black food traditions in Yellow Springs

  By Jessica ThomasAugust 3, 2022

  

  Com’s restaurant, MaJaGa Bar and Jazz Club, the Union House Hotel — these are all businesses that thrived in the Yellow Springs of yesteryear.

• New business | Salsa’s Tingz for Black hair

  By Cheryl DurgansJune 19, 2022

  

  Yellow Springs resident and natural hair stylist Kafisalah Salahuddin fills a special niche in the community for African American residents — providing natural hair care services and products through her company, Salsa’s Tingz.

• Nails, naturally, at Namaste

  By Cheryl DurgansJune 5, 2022

  

  Kara Edwards, owner of Namaste Nails, offers an assortment of nail colors including the popular, “Earth Day” blue. Edwards recently opened her nail studio at 100 Corry St. for weekend appointments.