If you followed our news in recent months, you may have noticed a trend — Black businesses opening at Camp North End.

The latest, announced this week, is Oh My Ganache, a family-run bakery where customers can build their own cheesecakes.

That brought to eight the total number of Black-owned businesses to announce openings at Camp North End so far this year. Brittani Sheppard, owner of Oh My Ganache, said she was drawn to the area because of the diversity.

Many of the new businesses are opening in ground-level retail spaces at The Kinship, a new apartment complex at Camp North End.

Varian Shrum, Camp North End’s community manager, said the development looks for “community-minded ” businesses when considering new retail tenants. “We like them, and they tend to gravitate to us,” she said.

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