For the Culture Market returns to Aggieland

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – With Black History Month in full swing, REACH’s For The Culture Market made its return to Aggieland on Saturday.

This is the fifth year the event has been put on. It took place at College Station City Hall, and vendors packed the visitor center.

According to REACH, the goal is to create a space that honors and celebrates the diversity, resiliency, and creativity of the Black community in the area.

It featured local Black entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, and storytellers.

“It impacts the community, one, because it brings a spotlight on the business community in our local area, but also it brings together not only the local businesses, but the university and the Texas A&M students,” said REACH’s Entrepreneurship Manager, Chrissy Ransome.

For some vendors, the message of coming together brought them out for their first time.

“I love like for the culture just to see how different people, like different cultures, just entrepreneurs and business owners, how they market with each other and they have connections with each other,” said vendor Tasheba Nelson-Manning, owner of Her Lens Media.

Through their efforts, REACH has helped launch more than 90 Black-owned businesses in just two years.

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