At least two local women will be part of the program lineup for The Power of WE (Women’s Entrepreneurs) event set for
Sept. 27 at the SteamPlant Event Center, coordinated for the community by the Small Business Development Center.
The one-day event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and can be attended in person, or as a hybrid live virtual conference, featuring more than a dozen women leaders, entrepreneurs, and inspirational speakers, including the Director of Region 10 West Central Small Business Development Center Nancy Murphey. Locally, Chaffee County Public Health Director Andrea Carlstrom, and Chaffee Office of Housing Director Becky Gray are also featured speakers.
The Power of WE (Women Entrepreneurs) will offer thought-provoking content, resources and tools to inspire women’s leadership development, creativity, and innovation. It will also share the many Federal, State, and local funding opportunities that are available to women-owned businesses and share tools and resources to access them. WE welcome anyone who has an interest in she/her/hers topics & discussions
WE will encourage and support local women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs by setting alight self-awareness tools and practices and creating an environment to ignite positive change in women’s professional and personal development
WE will discuss the community scale challenges facing our rural area (i.e. housing, childcare, social inequities, environmental concerns etc.) and collaborate on methodologies to tap into entrepreneurial energy to address them.
WE will create opportunities at this conference to enable ongoing women-inspired meetups, forums, and other connectivity opportunities.
Sponsors are Collegiate Peaks Bank, Startup Colorado, and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.
For more information go to: centralsbdc.org/home/events-the-power-of-we
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