Shellena Pitterson, owner of Orchid Maids in Norwich, has been recognized by the statewide Women’s Business Development Council with a 2023 Women Rising Award.
The award was presented Nov. 3 at t.
You know an event is about female empowerment when the event space converts most of the men’s rooms to additional women’s rooms. So it was at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich on Friday, Oct. 27, as more than 700 women – and more than a few good men as well – gathered for the Women’s Business Development Council’s (WBDC) “Women Rising 2023” award luncheon and fundraiser.
Many women go into business because of a skill or passion they want to explore, said Brenda Thickett, chief operating officer of the statewide Women’s Business Development Council, which has offices .
Job creation? Or filling jobs already created?Economic development gatherings have tended to focus on the first question. A statewide confab held in New…