New DeKalb County market space aims to boost Black, minority business
“Projects don’t fail. People fail,” DeKalb Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson said. “So I trust that the proper people are in place in order to ensure the success of this project.”
Commemorating Black entrepreneurs
In a recent promotional video, Allen stood inside the hollowed-out box store and spoke at length about his mission, emphasizing the project’s goal of supporting Black and women business owners.
“I am interested in all people, but I’m especially interested in Black folk,” he said on the video. “I just think that this country being built on the backs of slavery — we don’t own enough of this country which we have built.”
May 31, the planned opening date for the New Black Wall Street Market, will be the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, where Black business owners in Oklahoma were attacked by their white neighbors. Their business district, called Black Wall Street, was burned down and dozens of Black residents were murdered.
“We want to demonstrate a solution and show the building of a modern-day Black Wall Street,” Matt Hampton, an Allen Family Investments representative, said. Allen declined to speak to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for this story, having Hampton speak in his stead.
Allen’s focus on Stonecrest was no accident, Hampton said. Allen moved to the area about 20 years ago and set up his Allen Entrepreneurial Institute that provides business education and support for minorities. Now, the city of about 54,000 people is nearly 93% African American, and Allen has become the largest commercial landowner in the city.
Cochran-Johnson said the new market is a perfect fit for a community like Stonecrest.
“It will give a platform to businesses that otherwise would not have had the opportunity to grow and thrive, especially in the Stonecrest community because there is such a lack of presence of retail businesses within the community,” she said.
More dining and retail options have been a consistent want among Stonecrest residents, who say they often have to leave the city to get higher-quality services.
“There’s a lot of restaurants in the city that really need kind of a benchmark, and I think that (the New Black Wall Street Market) this will give them that,” Gregory Pierce, a resident, said. “Show them what good looks like.”
Hampton said the market will feature a diverse food court, multiple art galleries, high-end restaurants and a jazz club. He said he couldn’t announce many of the businesses that are on board due to ongoing negotiations, but he said a grocery store named after Aaron, Allen’s son who died last October, will be among the first wave of participants. Hampton said they expect to have 10-20% of the 125,000 square feet of space occupied by the end of May.
“I’ve been doing some soft-selling with some businesses that I know would fit that profile,” Boone said of the city’s efforts to help fill out the market. “I’m prepared to put them in front of Mr. Allen and his team when they have decided that the marketing for their businesses is appropriate.”
Located off I-20 near the eastern border of the county, Allen, city leaders and residents want the New Black Wall Street Market to become a tourist destination, especially for those visiting Arabia Mountain’s popular hiking trails.
“I want it to be compared favorably to Krog Street Market,” he said, “If we can’t do that, I think we’ve kind of missed the mark.”
‘We will not have another failure’
Other residents are trying to keep their expectations tempered, given the Atlanta Sports City fiasco.
Elijah Ajayi, a Stonecrest resident, said he defended the planned sports complex from critics after its announcement, but he doesn’t want to be let down again.
“My first reaction was, ‘Great! I would love to see this happening in our community,’” Ajayi said of the New Black Wall Street Market. “My next thought process was, ‘I really hope this is going to pan out because of what happened with the (Atlanta) Sports City.’”
The proposed $200-million development was initially planned to open before the 2019 Super Bowl took place in Atlanta, but the venture fizzled out before a single business had opened.
In an email, Stonecrest spokesman Adrion Bell wrote, “This private development (Atlanta Sports City) is dead and has been dead for years,” and city leaders declined to speak further on it. Neither did Hampton, who emphasized that Allen had no affiliation with Atlanta Sports City.
“We will not have another failure to that magnitude in Stonecrest on our watch,” Hampton said. “We will make sure that this development happens.”
The New Black Wall Street Market is the first phase of Allen’s larger development plans. In 2018, he obtained $700 million worth of revenue bonds from the Stonecrest Development Authority to build a complex that includes a 16-story hotel, an amphitheater and other mixed-use elements. Neither taxpayers nor the city are liable for repaying those bonds, since it’s supposed by repaid with revenue from the developer’s project.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced those specifics to be reevaluated, Hampton said.
“We’ve really thought more about the residential and the multi-family living components as being the initial phases of that development,” Hampton said. “We know that commercial is changing, so we’ll have to see how the market responds in that way, but we are still very ambitious and very optimistic about our ability to bring that development out of the ground.”
Allen anticipated the larger plans could cost more than $1.5 billion over the next several years.
“We think if we can make incremental progress, it will help us fulfill our overall goal of properly developing the land and the opportunities that exist out here in Stonecrest, Georgia,” Hampton said.
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He said he couldn’t announce many of the businesses that are on board due to ongoing negotiations, but he said a grocery store named after Aaron, Allen’s son who died last October, will be among the first wave of participants. 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I would love to see this happening in our community,’” Ajayi said of the New Black Wall Street Market. “My next thought process was, ‘I really hope this is going to pan out because of what happened with the (Atlanta) Sports City.’”","_id":"MHG45XT73BCWJOK63BBCY2OQ5Y","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614373320046,"type":"text","content":"The proposed $200-million development was initially planned to open before the 2019 Super Bowl took place in Atlanta, but the venture fizzled out before a single business had opened.","_id":"SJK2U7QQ6ZECVNQ4QAMRU4REG4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614373320047,"type":"text","content":"In an email, Stonecrest spokesman Adrion Bell wrote, “This private development (Atlanta Sports City) is dead and has been dead for years,” and city leaders declined to speak further on it. Neither did Hampton, who emphasized that Allen had no affiliation with Atlanta Sports City.","_id":"FMD47JGL2FAWLCOOFTJTIF7OMY","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"LGNM5J2OBJCMVMOLLYESXWHU2U","type":"interstitial_link","content":"Dreams of massive sports complex in Stonecrest fading fast","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/local/dreams-massive-sports-complex-stonecrest-fading-fast/aq31PsfToOeiaiZlhYUEAP/","_id":"4MQ6LJOID5B2XBRCF5D2HHODBY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614362514256,"type":"text","content":"“We will not have another failure to that magnitude in Stonecrest on our watch,” Hampton said. “We will make sure that this development happens.”","_id":"BXWBQC6EV5GDRIQMPIKWQYZXKU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614373320049,"type":"text","content":"The New Black Wall Street Market is the first phase of Allen’s larger development plans. In 2018, he obtained $700 million worth of revenue bonds from the Stonecrest Development Authority to build a complex that includes a 16-story hotel, an amphitheater and other mixed-use elements. Neither taxpayers nor the city are liable for repaying those bonds, since it’s supposed by repaid with revenue from the developer’s project.","_id":"GAFS4LCJXFCTJF7XFE436VBACY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614378363123,"type":"text","content":"The COVID-19 pandemic has forced those specifics to be reevaluated, Hampton said.","_id":"ZO7M3FC6LJBIPLVMYSG54JGSR4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614362514289,"type":"text","content":"“We’ve really thought more about the residential and the multi-family living components as being the initial phases of that development,” Hampton said. “We know that commercial is changing, so we’ll have to see how the market responds in that way, but we are still very ambitious and very optimistic about our ability to bring that development out of the ground.”","_id":"XONRX35WBRDAJPZWZOKRK3E3CA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614373320051,"type":"text","content":"Allen anticipated the larger plans could cost more than $1.5 billion over the next several years.","_id":"Z2EPFWRSHNGDHJ66O7SESA5NJY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614362514290,"type":"text","content":"“We think if we can make incremental progress, it will help us fulfill our overall goal of properly developing the land and the opportunities that exist out here in Stonecrest, Georgia,” Hampton said.","_id":"HMNIWSVTBBBUNCKUVFJZDAUWTU","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"QWFDWG73UJHQXO5NJDOZVIACSU","type":"interstitial_link","content":"Stonecrest City Council challenges mayor over use of $6 million in pandemic funds","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/stonecrest-city-council-challenges-mayor-over-use-of-6-million-in-pandemic-funds/TJJ2GAEWEFBZPIGYZJZJIGJDEA/","_id":"75P24NRTXJEMJJM7RHIUUHQLSI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614018685106,"type":"text","content":"Follow DeKalb County News on Facebook and Twitter"],"display_date":"2021-03-04T11:20:00Z","headlines":"basic":"New Black Wall Street Market in DeKalb County aims to boost Black, minority businesses","first_publish_date":"2021-03-04T11:20:00Z","taxonomy":{"sections":["path":"/neighborhoods/dekalb","parent":"default":"/neighborhoods","_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/neighborhoods","name":"DeKalb County","description":"Local news for Dekalb County Ga. neighborhoods, including breaking news, DeKalb County schools, high school sports, crime, events, neighborhood development and land use issues","_id":"/neighborhoods/dekalb","additional_properties":"original":"parent":"default":"/neighborhoods","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":"/neighborhoods","SectionMap":"https://www.ajc.com/","TopNav":"/neighborhoods","ComposerNav":"https://www.ajc.com/","site": Local news, sports, events, schools and info","navigation":"nav_title":"DeKalb County","inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"DeKalb County","_id":"/neighborhoods/dekalb","ancestors":"default":["https://www.ajc.com/","/neighborhoods"],"BottomNav":[],"TopNavRedesign":["https://www.ajc.com/","/neighborhoods"],"SectionMap":["https://www.ajc.com/"],"TopNav":["https://www.ajc.com/","/neighborhoods"],"order":"TopNavRedesign":2009,"SectionMap":1011,"TopNav":2009,"ComposerNav":1093,"_website_section_id":"ajc./neighborhoods/dekalb","type":"section","version":"0.6.0","path":"/news","parent":"default":"https://www.ajc.com/","_website":"ajc","parent_id":"https://www.ajc.com/","name":"News","description":"Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles - Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/news","additional_properties":"original":"parent":"default":"https://www.ajc.com/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":"https://www.ajc.com/","SectionMap":"https://www.ajc.com/","LoggedOutMenu":null,"TopNav":"https://www.ajc.com/","ComposerNav":"https://www.ajc.com/","site":"site_url":"/news/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles - Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Atlanta GA N
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Last October, Brookhaven softened their policy, which initially gave officers the choice to stop responding to homes and businesses that had more than four false alarms within a two-year period.","_id":"HB6PY27R2FEY7PQN3GWSIMYUMU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614780247089,"type":"text","content":"Snively, who said that police never acted on that option, said officers will currently respond unless there is a fine that an alarm company hasn’t paid for more than 30 days. Fines are issued on the third false alarm within two years. Snively said officers will respond to any residents’ 911 call, and that denied service only applied to calls from alarm system companies.","_id":"HVR6MSMF2RDITHIJSLRVWGVKYQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614725846217,"type":"text","content":"On a normal shift, the Brookhaven police department has nine patrolling officers, so cutting down unnecessary alarm check-ups is critical, Yandura said.","_id":"47E7SO34QZBZVITX5VPQF7CVY4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614725846218,"type":"text","content":"“Responding to 2,151 fewer false alarm calls each year means that Brookhaven police officers are available to more efficiently respond to legitimate emergencies throughout the city,” he said.","_id":"X4DLPHX6RBCBVJTGQX5K5JR4BA","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"EG737GBIHZD3XEU7325F53Q3DU","type":"interstitial_link","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/lawrenceville-could-issue-fines-to-curb-false-alarms/3MHKXDUJVRGEFDKV62664QEAWM/","content":"Lawrenceville could issue fines to curb false alarms","_id":"VT3FXYLQS5AO5BVABXZT3ERIGE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614725846219,"type":"text","content":"An independent audit requested by the city was recently completed, and its results found that a handful of alarm system companies accounted for the majority of fines issued by the city.","_id":"VP23W4LYPZEZXORA5I2DYBWMQM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614728067351,"type":"text","content":"From January 2020 through November, fines issued by the city amounted to $70,250, the audit found. 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*English Below*nnNos da mucha felicidad compartir el segundo episodio de nuestro podcast Voices of a Highway, en donde...
Posted by We Love BuHi on Friday, February 19, 2021
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Update on Chamblee City Council open seat and redistricting. nnAs many know, we have an at-large council seat that was...
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