HYANNIS — Honoring the National Black Business Month, Amplify POC (People of Color), a nonprofit organization, is scheduled to launch its first annual Summer Vendor Market this weekend.

The daylong event is set to launch Saturday. The event will showcase about 30 POC-owned businesses and several nonprofits on the Cape. It's slated to be from noon to 5 p.m. at Aselton Park in Hyannis.

In December 2021, Amplify POC hosted a Holiday Vendors Market. This is the first time it's hosting an annual summer event and it plans to continue in the coming years. Amplify POC will be launching two major vendor markets every year, once in the summer and once in winter, during the holiday season, founder and CEO Tara Vargas Wallace said “Last year’s holiday market was phenomenal, we had a huge turnout, it was amazing to see the community come out and support small businesses," she said. "We expect the same from this year’s event."

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