WBDC In The News
Media Mentions and Press Releases
Media Mentions
- At the Dutch Epicure Shop in Litchfield, Ber and Beverly Welp filled up their basket in no time. Dutch breakfast crisp breads — beschuit as they are known. Two “for now,” Ber says, quickly adding a Dutch breakfast cake and a box of the chocolate sprinkles known as hagelslag that the Dutch eat on bread slathered with butter....
- Ines Deseroux, who is French, has shopped at the Dutch Epicure Shop for more than 10 years to get the quality foods she knows from Europe. She says she’ll keep coming for that quality even if tariffs drive prices higher....
- Wilma Joas - owner of the Dutch Epicure Shop in Litchfield - is a trained chef who specializes in baking. But her shop also stocks hundreds of products, almost all of which are imported from Europe. That means she could be facing stiff Trump tariffs shortly. Joas has pivoted in the face of challenges before, and she says she'll do it again....
- Women across Connecticut are marking the 62nd anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Equal Pay Act. However, they are not exactly celebrating the anniversary....
- Libertas Funding Supports Women Entrepreneurs Through WBDC's Accelerate Grant Program...
- On May 6, nearly 250 women entrepreneurs, state leaders, and business champions came together at the Legislative Office Building for the Women’s Business Development Council’s 11th Women-Owned Business Day, and during the event a live pitch competition from seven women-owned businesses resulted in WBDC Accelerate grants totaling $100,000. ...
- HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Tuesday was Women-Owned Business Day at the Connecticut State Capitol. While the number of businesses owned by women keeps growing, the organization that helps them is facing some serious challenges this year....
- Rhodes Collar of Stonington, owned by Gleanna Doyle, has been selected as a finalist for the Women’s Business Development Council’s Accelerate Grant program...
- New London — Patricia Russo, the executive director of The Campaign School at Yale, said during an event Saturday focused on increasing the number of women in public service that every woman is born to lead....
- Caroline Simmons became the first woman elected mayor in Stamford in 2021. She is seeking a second term in office, according to a report....