{"id":225177,"date":"2025-05-05T17:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T17:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/the-alabama-news-center-birminghams-small-business-week-supports-local-entrepreneurs-may-4-10\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T17:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T17:22:01","slug":"the-alabama-news-center-birminghams-small-business-week-supports-local-entrepreneurs-may-4-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=225177","title":{"rendered":"The Alabama News Center \u2014 Birmingham\u2019s Small Business Week supports local entrepreneurs May 4-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alabamawx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BT-5-2-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alabamawx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BT-5-2-2025-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-278260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By: Barnett Wright<\/p>\n<p>Emondre Johnson, owner of The Bark Park in Birmingham, knew he made the right decision to open his own business, but it wasn\u2019t until he won the 2023 Birmingham Small Business Week Pitch Competition that he got an additional boost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning the pitch competition set the trajectory for where I am now,\u201d Johnson, 26, said. \u201cIt allowed me to see that I did have something good and that I can prosper in this lane. Seeing how the city supported me and being able to share my story alongside that just gave it more clarity and more reason that I\u2019m in the right space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The annual Birmingham Small Business Week is May 4-10 with 15 events, including keynote speakers, educational and networking opportunities and pitch competitions that have become a springboard for local entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Weather Blog is pleased to present an excerpt from a featured article in partnership with the Alabama News Center. For the full post including images, videos, and related links, please visit the article <a href=\"https:\/\/alabamanewscenter.com\/2025\/05\/04\/birminghams-small-business-week-supports-local-entrepreneurs-may-4-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Barnett Wright Emondre Johnson, owner of The Bark Park in Birmingham, knew he made the right decision to open his own business, but it wasn\u2019t until he won the 2023 Birmingham Small Business Week Pitch Competition that he got an additional boost. \u201cWinning the pitch competition set the trajectory for where I am now,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":225178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11763],"tags":[12750,28782,907,14102,13729,13747,1820,709,20105,1619],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-225177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alabama","tag-alabama","tag-birminghams","tag-business","tag-center","tag-entrepreneurs","tag-local","tag-news","tag-small","tag-supports","tag-week"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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