Building Community Through Coffee, Ownership, and Opportunity

At Black Bean Cafe, coffee is only part of the story.

The bigger vision is about community, ownership, access, and keeping opportunity close to home. Black Bean Cafe is located inside Union Park, a micro-home community connected to the work of Booker T. Washington, founder of Techie Homes.

Washington’s work through Techie Homes has focused on creating modern micro-home communities that make homeownership more attainable, especially in communities where ownership has historically felt out of reach. Techie Homes describes its mission around affordability, technology, community, and purpose.

That same spirit carries into Black Bean Cafe.

The goal is to create a space that not only serves the community, but also supports the community. That means creating a welcoming cafe in Union City, supporting local vendors, and intentionally working with Black-owned businesses whenever possible.

From cookies and juices to food and small bites, Black Bean Cafe is built around the idea that local dollars should help local people. When the cafe supports local vendors, it creates more opportunity for small business owners. When the community supports the cafe, it helps keep that same money circulating within the neighborhood.

This is what community development can look like: beautiful homes, useful amenities, local retail, and businesses that create real access for the people around them.

Black Bean Cafe is proud to be part of a larger vision that includes homeownership, small business, wellness, food, coffee, events, and community connection.

We hope Union City supports us the same way we are working to support Union City — one cup, one meal, one vendor, and one customer at a time.