WBDC In The News
Media Mentions and Press Releases
Media Mentions
- The Stamford based Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) and the State Office of Early Childhood are renewing their partnership to support growing child care businesses....
- The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood and the Women’s Business Development Council announced July 30 a three-year expansion...
- Capitol New Briefing with Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz, OEC Commissioner Bye & WBDC on a Renewed Partnership to Support Child Care Businesses in CT...
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) and the state Office of Early Childhood (OEC) said Wednesday they have agreed to renew the WBDC Child Care Business Support Program and Opportunity Fund for another three years....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) has appointed three new members to its Board of Directors. Trish Havey, chief human resources officer, Libertas Funding; Travis Parman, chief communications officer, Philip Morris International, U.S.; and Marissa M. Weidner, executive vice president, chief corporate responsibility officer at Webster Bank....
- The Women’s Business Development Council is celebrating a major milestone. Since 2020, the organization has given more than $10 million in grant funding to small businesses in Connecticut. Many of WBDC’s grants and programs are geared toward women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs....
- The Women’s Business Development Council has now distributed more than $10 million in grant funding to Connecticut small businesses in the past four years. The announcement was made at the conclusion of a three-day statewide road show during which representatives from WBDC visited nine recent recipients of the Ignite Grant Program....
- A Hebron business has been granted some dough. The Flour Girl Bakery and Cafe has received $10,000 from the Women’s Business Development Council’s Ignite Grant. The funding will be used for the continuation of the business’s expansion on Main Street....
- A Stamford-based women’s business organization said it has distributed $10 million in funding to women-owned small businesses from three grant programs launched during the pandemic year of 2020....
Press Releases
- Governor Ned Lamont recently announced the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) will be awarded $9.8 million in grant funding, distributed over a five-year period, through a business support initiative administered by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). In total, the DECD program is providing $46.6 million in funding to ten local nonprofit economic development organizations across the state. ...
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) officially opened the doors to its brand new office in downtown New London (61 Bank St.) with the announcement of a grant program offered in partnership with the City of New London. The New London/WBDC Small Business Grant Program makes available grants of between $2,500 and $10,000 to eligible New London-based businesses....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is hosting a pop-up shopping event in Stamford on October 20, providing an opportunity for residents of Stamford and its surrounding towns an opportunity to support local women-owned businesses....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) will honor Connecticut business leaders and celebrate 25 years of advocacy and support for women entrepreneurs at the 2022 WBDC Women Rising Gala and Awards Celebration — taking place this year on Oct. 28 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. The event will feature an awards ceremony recognizing several individuals and entrepreneurs from throughout Connecticut for their contributions to women’s economic empowerment....
- A partnership between the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) and the CT Office of Early Childhood (OEC) began in 2020 to support child care businesses through the WBDC Child Care Business Support Program and Opportunity Fund. In its first two years, the program — powered by this first-of-its-kind partnership — has distributed 366 grants to 219 child care businesses, totaling $4.19 million in funding to Connecticut’s child care providers — an industry devastated by the pandemic....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is hosting two pop-up shopping days in Stamford on September 14 and October 20, providing an opportunity for residents of Stamford and its surrounding towns an opportunity to support local women-owned businesses....
- Fashion icon and philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg will be the keynote speaker at the Women’s Business Development Council’s (WBDC’s) Annual Women Rising Gala and Awards Celebration, to be held Oct. 28 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Annie Lamont, First Lady of Connecticut and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT, will serve as the event’s Honorary Chair....
- STAMFORD, Conn. — A program designed to support, sustain, and grow child care businesses in Connecticut — an industry devastated by the pandemic — has shown in its first two years to n...