MELANnaire Marketplace

09/22/2026

It’s Monday morning take a moment to breathe and be encouraged by my MS Journey……

I’m choosing HEALTH & WELLNESS for NACHAND! It’s a Lifestyle 💯❤️👊🏾 Anyone want to join me and we will do virtual activities as well 👍🏽We will start in October helping each other to become healthier 🧡
Mind🧡Body🧡Soul🧡

Hat, tee,earrings and bracelet all sold at MELANnaire Marketplace Gift Shop
1701 West Market St
Mon- Fri 9-5pm

“Spend Green on Black” MELANnaire

09/21/2026

Go Simmons!!

Westover Rising is more than an event. It is a celebration of progress, community, and the future of Simmons College of Kentucky.

Join us Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the historic Westover Campus for Westover Rising: A Community Celebration of Progress & Vision.
Experience the main program from 12 PM–1 PM, followed by community tours from 1 PM–3 PM.
Come explore the Westover Campus, connect with the Simmons community, and experience the vision for the future of Louisville’s HBCU.

Saturday, October 3, 2026
Simmons College of Kentucky – Westover Campus
724 South 44th Street, Louisville, KY 40211
Register today: tinyurl.com/westoverrising

Come experience the future of Simmons. All are welcome.

09/18/2026

🖤 ALUMNI, WE’RE BRINGING THE ECOSYSTEM BACK TOGETHER!

MELANnaire Marketplace, AMPED, Louisville Urban League Entrepreneurship Center & The Well Incubator are joining forces for The Ecosystem Exchange!

This is your chance to CONNECT • COLLABORATE • GROW.

And Alumni — don’t come alone! 👀 Bring an entrepreneur or business owner who needs to learn about the resources, relationships and opportunities available to help them grow.

📅 Monday, September 21
⏰ 6–8 PM
📍 1718 W. Jefferson St.

One Community. Greater Opportunities. ✊🏾

Tag who you’re bringing! 👇🏾

09/10/2026

Donate today to MELANnaire Achievement Center "MAC"

Link- https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization/Melannaire-Achievement-Center

📐 Education + Application = Retail Readiness. We did the math so you don't have to. Tomorrow, 9/10, your gift helps MAC deliver 500 hours of entrepreneurial programming across wellness, youth, retail, and sports. No calculator required — just a click.
Give tomorrow: https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization/Melannaire-Achievement-Center

09/05/2026

♥️💚🖤 THEY CAME TO LOUISVILLE & PULLED UP ON MELANnaire! 🖤💚♥️

These beautiful ladies came from Chi-Town,Illinois, Milwaukee,Wisconsin, Knoxville, Tennessee to celebrate the Birthday Queen! 👑🎉

As I was telling them about MELANnaire Marketplace, the Birthday Queen looked at me and said, “That’s why we’re here!” 🙌🏽

And baby, THEY MEANT IT! 😂💚

They spent nearly 2 HOURS exploring the gift shop, learning about our makers and EXECUTING our Spend Green on Black™ Challenge! 💵🖤

Louisville Makers—they LOVED y’all products!! 👏🏽

The blessing? I just happened to pull up to check on the crew and got to meet them myself! To have sisters from other states intentionally seek us out and spend their dollars with our Black-owned businesses… THAT’S THE MISSION IN MOTION! 💚

Thank you ladies for pulling up and taking the good news about what’s happening in Louisville back home!

Coming to Louisville and want to support Black-owned businesses? WE GOT YOU!

🛍️ Private shopping experiences
🖤 Black-Owned Business connections
📍 Or just PULL UP!

MELANnaire Marketplace is the plug for all things Black-Owned!

09/05/2026

I asked Nachand Trabue a simple question: if she had $100 million to invest anywhere in Louisville, where would it go? Her answer didn't take long. Smoketown. West Louisville. Seniors, youth, entrepreneurs, and affordable housing, the neighborhoods and the people she grew up alongside. It's not a hypothetical for her. It's the plan she's already living out on a smaller scale, every day.
Catch the full episode, She Moves Different with Nachand Trabue, streaming on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

09/05/2026

Nachand Trabue walked away from corporate life, and the paycheck that came with it to build something that actually reflects what she wants her work to mean. Today she's Executive Director of the Bates Community Development Corporation and founder/CEO of MELANnaire Marketplace, and both roles share the same goal: helping as many people as possible. She says leaving the money behind was worth it, because living her real purpose pays differently.
The full conversation, She Moves Different with Nachand Trabue, is available now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

09/04/2026

This is a MUST! Be informed and VOTE on Nov. 3rd💯

Join the Louisville Urban League’s Director of Policy and Justice Initiatives, Felicia Nu’Man, as she breaks down what to expect on your ballot from the US Senate down to local measures. Information provided will be specific to Jefferson County, KY, but is also applicable statewide. This will be a webinar format, and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions.

Register: https://ow.ly/rRZq50ZJz9c