A premier gathering of Black investors, developers, entrepreneurs, athletes and leaders shaping wealth and places.
Hosted in Bloomfield, Connecticut during Basketball Hall of Fame Weekend, The B.I.G. Weekend turns golf, culture, capital, and corridor tours into a new platform for Black ownership in the Northeast.
Bloomfield is not an emerging Black community. It is an established one. The opportunity now is to move from presence to ownership: land, corridors, operating businesses, mixed-use projects, hospitality, culture, media and civic influence.
The town sits at the intersection of Black suburban strength, under-recognized commercial potential, public assets, regional transportation and a renewed development conversation.
A rare Northeast suburb where Black culture, political participation and professional households already shape civic life.
Minutes from Hartford and Bradley Airport, roughly two hours from both Boston and New York City.
Wintonbury Hills is a nationally recognized municipal golf course and a natural civic host for the weekend.
Retail, corridor redevelopment and land-use conversations are moving now, creating urgency and investor relevance.
Basketball Hall of Fame Weekend creates national travel traffic, athlete-investor crossover and cultural gravity.
The weekend is designed less like a conference and more like a curated deal-making environment.
One weekend built around the places where deals actually happen: foursomes, dinners, brunches, corridors, and private conversations.
Arrivals, sponsor activations, VIP welcome reception and curated private dinners.
Intentional pairings connecting investors, developers, athletes, civic leaders and founders.
High-level discussions on real estate, capital, business acquisition, hospitality and ownership.
Bloomfield/Hartford commercial site tours, development walkthroughs and brunch conversations.
Bloomfield gives national guests a different view of Connecticut: Black suburban strength within reach of New York, Boston, Springfield, Hartford and Bradley International Airport.
The B.I.G. Weekend frames Bloomfield and Hartford as a connected opportunity map: Cottage Grove, Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield Center, Day Hill, Hartford’s North End, Parkville, Downtown North and the Bradley/I‑91 corridor.
The point is not speculative hype. The point is disciplined place-based opportunity: commercial corridors, hospitality gaps, small-business acquisition, adaptive reuse, industrial/flex space, mixed-use possibilities and Black-led ownership.
Year One should be intentionally limited: high-signal, invitation-driven, sponsor-aligned and built to prove the energy before scaling into a larger annual Northeast platform.
Founding partners help underwrite the inaugural B.I.G. Weekend, activate Bloomfield as a host community, connect Black capital to regional opportunity, and position the Hartford-Springfield corridor as a serious destination for ownership-focused investment.
Founding partner opportunities: title sponsorship, golf experience sponsor, corridor tour sponsor, investor brunch sponsor, media/podcast activation, youth entrepreneurship/golf clinic, hospitality partner and development showcase partner.
This first version captures signal from investors, sponsors, developers, athletes, civic partners, media partners, and people who want to help shape the inaugural B.I.G. Weekend.
Immediate goal: collect names, qualify interest, and build enough momentum to secure founding partners, venue commitments, and strategic guests.