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Rowan Chamber and City of Salisbury Present Small Business Grants

April 25, 2025

The Rowan Chamber of Commerce is proud to once again partner with the City of Salisbury for the second year of the Small Business Assistance Grant Program. This year’s grant recipients were honored at the Minority Business Trade Show, held on Thursday, April 24 at the Livingstone College Hospitality Center.

“We are very excited about the small business grant program with the City of Salisbury,” said Chamber President Elaine Spalding. She continued, “This year we had a total of $35,000 which was awarded to seven small businesses for $5,000 each.”

Salisbury Mayor Tamara Sheffield announced the grant recipients during the trade show. This year’s winners are:

  • BrickEd&More, LLC (education) – Dr. Shirley Disseler, 1406B West Innes St., Salisbury, NC
  • Brown Modern Beauty & Barber Center (barbershop) – Byron Brown, 404 S. Craig St. Salisbury, NC
  • Cere Counseling and Wellness (counseling practice) – Ilse Sucely de Leon, 1710 Walker St., Salisbury, NC
  • Define Shine Cleaning, LLC (cleaning) – Stephanie Watkins
  • Byrd-Clark & Co., LLC (human resource consulting firm) – Dr. Alisha Byrd-Clark, 1216 West Bank St., Salisbury, NC
  • Hollywood Stylz Hair Salon & Lash Bar, LLC (hair salon) – Kelly Sifford, 101 W. Corriher Ave., Salisbury, NC
  • Two Nerds, LLC – (engraving & screen printing) – Angela Gaylord-Miles, 844 Lincolnton Rd., Salisbury, NC

The Minority Business Trade Show is the Chamber’s largest networking event. It is a business-to-business expo with valuable business connections made among the participants. Several of the booths offered valuable door prizes and food/refreshments were available.

For more information, please contact the Chamber at (704) 633-4221 or info@rowanchamber.com or on the Chamber’s website: www.rowanchamber.com.