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Businesses We Love
Ujima's Neighborhood Investment Plans
#AnotherBostonIsHappening
Your neighborhood. Your business.
Boston Ujima Project has a purpose-driven plan to improve our neighborhoods and grow our local economy.
We've spoken to hundreds of Boston residents and our members to create investment plans geared toward the products and services we need most.
Our Investment Plans
We plan to directly support and grow the "Businesses We Love" in our community-generated Neighborhood Investment Plans with a suite of resources, support, and advocacy. Read about our offerings by visiting our Good Business Alliance page.
Below, you'll find a snapshot of where businesses are in our pipeline.
Prioritizing for 2023
These are the businesses that are our top priority for this year to move forward with: *Bay State Banner *Bikes Not Bombs *Chez Vous *Chinatown Community Land Trust *Clarke's Cookies and Cakes *Delectable EATS *Dudley Cafe *Dudley Grille *Flames *Fort Hill Grill *Four Corners Yoga + Wellness *Frugal Bookstore *Haley House *Hapi African Gourmet *Hibernian Hall *Hillside Harvest *Ideal Subs *Island Style *Jamaica Mi Hungry *Maxine on St. James *Merengue *MIDA *Oasis Vegan Veggie Parlor *Shanti *Silver Slipper *Slades *Taste of Eden *Tropical Foods *Ugi's *Urban Farming Institute *Urban Grape *Yamacu
Interested in UGBA
We have reached out to these businesses and they are interested in joining the UGBA. *Boston Neighborhoods Community Land Trust (formerly COHIF) *City Fresh Foods *Clean Green Coop *Codman Square NDC *Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) *Eastern Bank *ENES Translations *Kidogo.tv *Live Like A Local Tours Boston *Puntada *Reborn Coop *Sazon Coop *Soleil *Suya Joint
Presenting to CSC
These businesses are presenting to the community standards committee to move forward *Kidogo.tv *Live Like A Local Tours
Not Interested in UGBA
We have reached out to these businesses and they are not interested in joining the UGBA *Coils to Locs *First Teacher Project *The Guild
Invited to Join UGBA
After presenting to the CSC, we invited these businesses to join UGBA *Eastie Farm *The Pearl
Accepted Invitation
After inviting these businesses to join UGBA, they have accepted our invitation and will be continuing to the next steps *Black Market *CERO Coop *Comfort Kitchen *Commonwealth Kitchen *Cupcake Therapy *Dorchester Food Co-op *Eastie Farm *Fresh Food Generation *Kush Groove *Nos Casa
Declined Invitation
After inviting these businesses to join UGBA, they have declined our invitation
UGBA Membership Application Complete
Membership application is complete businesses are officially apart of the Ujima Good Business Alliance *Black Market *CERO Cooperative *Comfort Kitchen *Commonwealth Kitchen *Cupcake Therapy *Dorchester Food Cooperative *Fresh Food Generation *Jazz Urbane Cafe *Kush Groove *Nos Casa Cafe