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Seven Memphis businesses to get help through Comcast RISE program

Comcast started this initiative to strengthen small businesses owned by people of color hit hard by COVID-19.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Seven Black-owned small businesses in Memphis are getting marketing and technology makeovers.

Among the 17 Tennessee businesses in the first round of "Comcast RISE" award recipients are these Memphis businesses:

Downtown Candle Company
Makeda's Cookies
Alpha & Omega Nutrition Program Incorporated
KLHopkins Accounting Services
Damas Little Folks Childcare
Ten U In
Nickson General Contractors

Most of these businesses are getting a tech makeover, while a couple are getting help with consultation and media.

Comcast started this initiative to strengthen small businesses owned by people of color hit hard by COVID-19. More than 700 businesses nationally will get help from Comcast.

Comcast RISE - Resources & Tools to Elevate Your Small Business

Representation, Investment, Strength and Empowerment. These are the cornerstones of Comcast RISE, a multi-year commitment to provide marketing, creative, media, and technology services to Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)-owned small businesses.