Congratulations to our First Round Recipients! 

• Black Pearl Global Investments
• Blkmrkclt
• Blue Print Consulting (No Grease)
• Boardroom Health Solutions
• Bulgogi Box
• Charlotte NC Tours
• CLT Find
• Dunx Coffee
• Dupp & Swat
• E-fix housing solutions
• Elder Gallery of Contemperary Art
• Futo Buta
• Golden Cow Creamery
• Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy
• Hustle House Fitness
• IEnate
• Jeffre Scott Apothecary
• Kemo-Farson Enterprises - The Beehive
• M and R inc. 
• MarlieQs Caribbean Queen Food Truck
• MumEase
• OMJ Clothing
• Oh Script Paper Co.
• Petra's Piano Bar & Cabaret
• Poppin Sweets
• Powell Enterprises of Charlotte (West End Seafood)
• Red Clay Ciderworks
• Savvy Bridal Boutique
• StoryNow
• Sycamore Brewing
• The Mother Earth Group
• The Shed
• Triple C Brewing Company
• Uptown Yolk

The Charlotte Center City Small Business Innovation Fund has awarded grants to 34 Center City small businesses, over $1 Million, to spur and support innovation as they adapt to new economic realities caused by the COVID-19 crisis. These businesses are located throughout Uptown, South End, Historic West End, and elsewhere in Center City, and more than 90 percent of the first-round grantees are minority-, women- or veteran-owned businesses.