![Hecky Powell is the owner of Hecky’s Barbecue, which has been in Evanston for the past 33 years. His and other black-owned businesses will be featured at the Black Business Expo held with Le Tour de Noir Entreprise Evanston.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/TOUR_Drew-Gerber_WEB-900x600.jpg)
Evanston group plans second annual expo of black-owned businesses
![Hecky Powell launched the Evanston Work Ethic program through the Forrest E. Powell Foundation this school year. The program is hoping to help ETHS students who aren’t interested in a four-year college with a trade career.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/HECKYS_Drew-Gerber_WEB-900x600.jpg)
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