WBDC In The News
Media Mentions and Press Releases
Media Mentions
- On a recent weekday at La Stella Pizzeria, tucked into a flatiron building at Main Street and Market Street in Norwich, lunch hour was buzzing. Many of the city’s other historical storefronts...
- More than 200 people convened here Monday for the second annual CT Small Business Summit, headlined by keynote speaker U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, who touted efforts by the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress to help lower the cost of prescription drugs for both employers and employees....
- The 2024 Woman-Owned Business Day was held on April 11th at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Watch the entire program here....
- Access Health CT Small Business has announced the second Connecticut Small Business Summit will take place Monday, April 22, at the Mystic Marriott Hotel in Groton from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Keynote speakers include Congressman Joe Courtney and Women’s Business Development Council Chief Executive Officer Fran Pastore....
- The Women’s Business Development Council’s in-person services will soon be coming to Hartford....
- Catherine Marx, district of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Connecticut District, announced Tuesday that the Women's Business Development Council had been awarded a three-year, $150,000-per-year grant to operate the Women's Business Center. The state will also offer a matching grant, Marx said Wednesday....
- State officials and city leaders gathered on Tuesday to announce a new federal grant for the Women's Business Development Council....
- A women-led business center is coming to Hartford. State officials and city leaders gathered on Tuesday to announce a new federal grant for the Women’s Business Development Council. The funds will help the council open a Women’s Business Center in the capital city....
- State officials announced Tuesday that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is providing a grant to establish a new Women’s Business Center in Hartford....
- A $150-thousand grant will allow the Women's Business Development Council to start a women's business center in Hartford....
- CT-N broadcast of entire press conference announcing the grant award to the Women's Business Development Council to open a business center in Hartford....
- Westview Child Care Center opened in August, and has 54 students with a waitlist of 36 children. The waitlist shows parents like the center, but that there's also a need for childcare. The Child Care Center received a $25,000 grant from the Women's Business Development Council....
Press Releases
- On Thursday, October 24, 2013, at 7:30am at the Stamford Marriott, the Women's Business Development Council (WBDC) will celebrate the passage of HR 50/50, the historic federal law that made it possible for women to access capital for commercial purposes without having a male relative co-sign a loan....
- The Women’s Business Development Council, a not-for-profit providing the training, education and borrowing power necessary for women to launch and grow their own businesses, recently announced the appointment of Gail Lehman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Hexcel Corporation, as a new member of their Board of Directors....