Supporting Black-owned business in Luzerne County

WILKES BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Local business professionals gathered this evening at a networking event focused on supporting black-owned businesses within northeastern Pennsylvania. Wilkes-Barre Power meets monthly to network with fellow community members. This month, the group decided to celebrate black history month. The meeting was held at a local black-owned business and many business owners were there to lift each other up today and every day. Bringing power to Black owned businesses. Wilkes-Barre Power supports the professional growth of community members through monthly networking events, focusing on black-owned businesses during the month of February. “We want to grow the region and there’s a rich diversity here in northeastern Pennsylvania and this is was we can do to support today and every day,” stated Rich Perry, President of Wilkes Barre Power. Black history month was celebrated on Wednesday evening at NEPA MR lounge. A family-owned restaurant that opened in Plymouth in 2018, and has been serving up soul food ever since. Owner, Melissa Rivers, was happy to open her doors to local professionals. “This is like putting me on another level, right? To have such prominent professionals to just come and network in my establishment with the struggles that come...