Mission

Our mission is to support and grow Black-owned businesses in Bastrop County through networking, advocacy, education, policy, and community-building initiatives.

We aim to provide services that help attract, support, and grow Black businesses, culture, education, and community in Bastrop County. Services will include business planning, marketing, financial literacy and budgeting, networking and mixers, civic engagement, healthcare, and more. All services will be provided free to our members and at low cost to nonmembers. 

Bastrop County Black Chamber of Commerce was founded and established on June 19th, 2025, in Bastrop County by Joseph B. Thompson. Culminated at Ham Bonz Soul Food restaurant during the first ever State of the Black Community town hall dinner where black leaders including the first Black mayor of Bastrop, Mayor Ishmael Harris, the first Black mayor of Elgin, Mayor Theresa McShan, and other elected black leaders and community leaders discussed our current state of affairs and a path forward.