The African American Cultural Alliance of Lancaster brought dozens of Black-owned businesses to Park City Center this past weekend for the annual Black Business Expo.
Vendors set up in the vacated former Bon Ton wing, selling products and services including clothing, hair care and skin care products, housewares, bedding and more.
Roughly 60 vendors were represented, hailing from as far away as New York, Cultural Alliance founder and event organizer Vincent Derek Smith said.
Smith said the expo and its sister events like the African American Cultural Festival aren't just for Lancaster's Black community, but for everyone.
This was the expo's first year at the mall. Smith said it offered several advantages over other locations: Convenience to Lancaster city, access via bus and the opportunity to draw walk-in traffic from the rest of the mall.
"This is a beautiful thing," said Justin V. Thomas, co-founder of Koveroo Bedding, which sells blankets with sewn-in pouch pockets for users' legs and feet. "You have so much variety of stuff here. ... You can get everything."
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(Photos: Olivia Smucker | One United Lancaster)
