WBDC In The News
Media Mentions and Press Releases
Media Mentions
- Four Connecticut women-owned businesses will receive $25,000 grants from the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC), and included is one from Guilford...
- The Women’s Business Development Council officially moved into Hartford...
- The Women’s Business Development Council is set to officially unveil its fifth women’s business center on Monday, Sept.16...
- The women’s business development council (WBDC) has a new office in Hartford. This new 2,500-square-foot space was funded in part by a $150,000 grant from the US small business administration....
- The women’s business development council (WBDC) has a new office in Hartford. This new 2,500-square-foot space was funded in part by a $150,000 grant from the US small business administratio...
- A new women’s business center opened on Monday in Hartford...
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) launched its newest women’s business center in Hartford on Monday morning...
- A nonprofit organization in Connecticut officially opened a new office in Hartford on Monday in its quest to help women start and succeed in business...
- Providing support as Borgnis-Tobin and Tucker started their journey was the Women's Business Development Council of Connecticut. “They create opportunities for women in all stages of entrepreneurship and are a resource with mentorship and education,” Borgnis-Tobin said...
Press Releases
- The Women’s Business Development Council’s Child Care Business Support Program and Opportunity Fund is now open for a new round of applications and child care businesses in Connecticut are encouraged to apply for grants of up to $25,000. The innovative grant program, supported by a partnership with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC), will accept applications through September 27....
- In August, the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) will once again be accepting applications for both its Equity Match Grant Program and its Child Care Business Opportunity Fund. The Equity Match Grant Program is made possible through the support of multiple corporate, foundation, and private funders, and the CT Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). The Child Care Business Opportunity Fund is supported by partnering with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC)....
- The Women’s Business Development Council is pleased to announce Katrina M. Adams as the keynote speaker at its 2023 Women Rising Gala and Awards Celebration on October 27 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich. Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz will serve as the event’s honorary chair....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is announcing the launch of a pair of grant programs aimed to give a boost to established small businesses based in the cities of Waterbury and Torrington. The programs are being offered through partnerships with the City of Waterbury and the City of Torrington, and make grants of up to $10,000 available to eligible businesses in each city. The programs each launched on June 21....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is announcing the hiring of Ronae Mason-Craig as Outreach Coordinator for its new office location in Waterbury — scheduled to open later this year. In this role, she will be responsible for expanding WBDC’s reach in the Waterbury area....
- The Women’s Business Development Council is encouraging child care businesses in Connecticut to apply for grant funding through the WBDC Child Care Business Support Program and Opportunity Fund. The program is supported by a partnership between WBDC and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) and offers grants of up to $25,000 to qualified child care businesses. ...
- More than 300 registrants from 79 Connecticut cities and towns registered to celebrate Women-Owned Business Day on April 26. Women-Owned Business Day is WBDC’s signature event to honor and promote Connecticut’s robust community of women entrepreneurs and to connect them with members of the state’s leadership, 125 of whom joined the event’s Host Committee to show their support of women-owned businesses....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is announcing a pair of recent new hires, bolstering a strong team of professionals available to support Connecticut’s women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs....