Black entrepreneurs: Hard work pays off no matter where
MAYA LORA, The Ledger
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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) Shaquilla Williams is really good at one thing: multi-tasking.
Williams, 42, worked with large events when she was stationed in the Navy in Oklahoma. When she returned to Lakeland, she craved the same kind of work.
“When I came back home, I just decided to do my own business in event planning. And that’s what I did,” Williams said.
And thus her first baby was born: Larger Than Life Event Planning, Custom Designs and Treats, a successful event-planning business. Six years later, she’s finally landed a brick-and-mortar location after storing all of her supplies in a warehouse and meeting clients at their venues rather than in her own personal space. And the location is just a few storefronts down from her brand new venture, Dior Beauty and Esthetic Lounge, on East Edgewood Drive in Lakeland.
72,000 customers affected at one point, and customers could mean many more people than 72,000. we re talking about entire city blocks, starting here among the dividing line, entire city blocks from 51st street north. this was the last traffic light that was working. multiple thousands of people were affected by this outage that lasted about five hours. so, let s talk about the j. lo concert last night because i cannot imagine sitting in those seats and you re watching here, because she is just so remarkable to watch, and then this happens. it s dark. you can hear everybody, what s happening? what s going on? i m sure there s a panic for a minute as they try to figure it out. i heard it described as all you could see were the glow of the cell phones. athena, what do you know about this? reporter: well, we know they had to, of course, evacuate