WBDC In The News
Media Mentions and Press Releases
Media Mentions
- 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...
- As of noon Wednesday, 30 hours after the application portal opened, 108 applications have been submitted, according to the Women’s Business Development Council. An additional 85 applications have been started but are not yet submitted...
- The non-profit Women's Business Development Council is administering the grants on behalf of the state....
- The Connecticut Women’s Business Development Council will administer the grant process, and plans to launch an application portal on September 3...
- The program will be administered on behalf of DECD by the WBDC, a nonprofit organization based in Fairfield County that works to support business growth and job creation statewide....
- “The program will be administered on behalf of DECD by the WBDC, a nonprofit organization based in Fairfield County that works to support business growth and job creation statewide,” according to a statement....
- The WBDC will administer the grant program on behalf of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)....
- Hurwitz Sagarin Slossberg & Knuff (HSSK) attorney Sara Sharp will be honored with the Patricia Billie Miller Award for Outstanding Community Service...
- On August 22, Libertas Funding, LLC celebrated the election of Trish Havey to the board of directors at the Connecticut Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC)...
Press Releases
- STATEWIDE, CT — The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is pleased to announce the hiring of five new staffers, including three new business advisors specifically committed to ...
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is pleased to announce the hiring of five new staffers, including three new business advisors specifically committed to supporting home- and center-based child care businesses in Connecticut. The child care industry has been particularly hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many providers closing their doors due to factors such as severe revenue losses, increased health compliance costs, and staffing shortages. This situation has wider ramifications for the economy as a whole, as a lack of available child care has forced millions of parents — primarily working women — to pause or stop their careers to care for young children....
- Applications are now being accepted for a new round of an innovative grant program administered by the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC). Since the program’s launch in 2020, WBDC’s Equity Match Grant program — which offers grants of up to $10,000 to qualified women-owned small businesses in Connecticut — has awarded grants to 129 businesses, totaling $1.2 million, and counting....
- In honor of the 8th WBDC Women-Owned Business Day, the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) will host a virtual event Thursday, April 21, 2022, celebrating 25 years of igniting ideas and empowering women....
- Leyla Dam is just one proprietor of a women-owned enterprise in Connecticut who was able to pivot, survive, and then thrive during the pandemic — largely through the support of an innovative grant program administered by the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC). Since the program’s launch in 2020, WBDC’s Equity Match Grant program — which offers grants of up to $10,000 to qualified women-owned small businesses in Connecticut — has awarded grants to 98 businesses, and counting....
- 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 not only have affected economic growth and job creation in that industry, but has also yielded positive outcomes for many of the state’s child care providers. The program is accepting new grant applications between March 23 and April 12....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is pleased to announce that five new members have been appointed to its board of directors....
- Women’s Business Development Council Grant Program Application Period Opens January 17; Program Receives Investment from JPMorgan Chase....