Oakland’s First Black-Owned Shop Collective Opens
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 30, 2022
The Loyal to the Soil collective is a community space, a brick-and-mortar store, and a place for mentorship — all wrapped in one
Photo: Courtesy of Loyal to the Soil
The pandemic’s not been exactly kind to small businesses in the Bay Area. Recent reports from Yelp! showed hundreds of eateries and bars permanently shuttered from 2020 to 2021 . . .
