HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Greater Houston Black Chamber of Commerce has been in existence since 1935.
In their 91-year history, their stated mission is to “support the growth, development, and sustainability of Black-owned businesses and enterprises in the Greater Houston area.”
During that time, they’ve created the Rise and Shine Breakfast Series, the Network and Nourish Entrepreneur Lunch Series, the Master Class Series, the Doing Business Series, and more, according to the organization.
“If you’re helping black businesses, you’re helping businesses in general overall and you’re also helping the Houston economy,” Greater Houston Black Chamber of Commerce President Dr. Ashley Atkins said. “So, if you want to help the Houston economy grow or you want job creation or you want the growth of the city and the advancement of the city.”
Right Time Solutions is a Houston-based media production company and studio.
“Prior to launching the business full-time, I worked with nonprofits and spent about 15 years in the non-profit sector,” founder and CEO Rashid Tillis said. “I absolutely loved it and had the opportunity to serve people in middle and high school, and even then, I was documenting moments.”
The GHBC is a part of his business journey as well, according to Tillis.
“I absolutely love the Greater Houston Black Chamber of Commerce,” Tillis said. “They just had their resurgence last year, and we had an opportunity to submit a request for proposal, which was an opportunity for various media production companies to submit a bid for the pinnacle awards and some of the bigger events of the year, and we won. We won!”
“The amount of networking that we did during those events was incredible. Now, into 2026, we are seeing a lot of doors open.”
The GHBC said they have helped around 1,500 businesses in some capacity in recent years.
“If I think about the future in general as far as Houston, we are such a booming metropolitan area, and I know that we are only going to continue to grow, so I’m excited,” Atkins said.
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