The closure comes nearly five years after the market opened to big fanfare and high hopes.
Customers walk among the storefronts at the New Black Wall Street Market on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, in Lithonia, Georgia. The market has been in operation for over a year and gives Black business owners the opportunity to sell their products. (Christina Matacotta for the AJC)
The New Black Wall Street Market, a 125,000-square-foot indoor market of Black-owned shops, artists and restaurants in Stonecrest, is closing at the end of the month.
Onethia Flowers, the general manager of the market, confirmed its last day in operation will be April 30.
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Mirtha Donastorg is a reporter on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s business team focusing on Black wealth, entrepreneurship, and minority-owned businesses as well as innovation at Atlanta’s HBCUs.
