01/1/2025
Thrive Hair Bar’s wins Pure Leaf Tea Break Grant to support the employee experience and personal development of Thrive Hair Bar’s team members.
12/11/2024
Thrive Hair Bar’s CEO, Ajia Minnis Cruz Lanham joins actors Michelle Hurd, Jason George, and founder Youma Niangadou as a panelist for Inclusivity in Cosmetology Education hosted by US Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez.
09/21/2024
Thrive Hair Bar opens the H Street Festival’s fashion stage with “Natural Hair Everywhere”, directed and choreographed by Ajia Minnis Cruz Lanham.
11/21/2023
Thrive Hair Bar wins $5,000 Grant from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Coalition to Back Black Businesses
10/15/2023
Mayor Bowser “Investing in our local businesses = Fueling #DCsComeback & economic growth”, interview featuring Thrive Hair Bar’s CEO, Ajia
10/4/2023
Thrive Hair Bar’s CEO, Ajia, was the featured speaker for Mayor Bowser’s Great Streets Grant Recipient Press Event.
06/10/2023 - Thrive Hair Bar DC’s Grand Opening
06/05/2023
Thrive Hair Bar wins an $80,000 grant from Washington, D.C.’s Great Streets Retail Small Business Grant.
06/01/2022
Thrive Hair Bar founder and CEO, Ajia, joins VIP-X accelerator at Venture Lab, the entrepreneurship center at Wharton and earns a $4,000 grant from the accelerator. Learn more about Venture Lab at the University of Pennsylvania Here
05/01/2022
Thrive Hair Bar’s founder and CEO, Ajia, hosts a segment on hair care for Virginia’s Fairfax County Government to help transracial foster and adoptive families increase confidence and skills caring for children with different types of hair. See The Segment Here
10/23/2021
Thrive Hair Bar in partnership with Shea Moisture® and the Arlington County Department of Health hosted a covid19 vaccination clinic from 10am-2pm on Saturday, October 23rd.
09/27/2021
Thrive Hair Bar wins $1,000 grant from Caress® through IFundWomen in crowdfunding campaign to open 2nd location in DC! Campaign: Thrive Hair Bar on IFundWomen
10/15/2020
Thrive Hair Bar founder and CEO, Ajia , interviewed on Ballston Connect PodCast by Ballston BID CEO & Host Tina Leone, “Thriving in Ballston”
09/15/2020
Thrive Hair Bar featured in Arlington Now, “New Natural Hair Salon Opens in Ballston Amid Pandemic”