Lindy Lee Gold on LinkedIn: Opinion: CT youth facing obstacles need additional support (2024)

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ATTENTION CT WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSThe Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is excited to announce the next round of our Ignite Grant Program, which will open August 12th, 2024! The deadline to apply is September 24th, 2024. The application will also be offered in Spanish. Please help us spread the word about the grant opportunity to women-owned businesses.The Ignite Grant Program is designed to help women-owned businesses grow. The program offers grants of up to $10,000 to women-owned businesses in the state of Connecticut who have been in business for 2 or more years and have revenues between $25K and $2 million. Since the start of the program, we have distributed 328 grants of over $3 million to women-owned businesses in Connecticut. For additional information and more details on the program, please visit our website. Starting August 14th, we will hold one-hour informational webinars each week throughout August and September to assist prospective applicants with their applications before submitting. There will be 6 sessions in English and 2 sessions in Spanish. Interested applicants can register for a live information session here: Class Listings

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EXTERNAL EMAIL: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click any links or open any attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe.One Month Left to Submit Nominations- 2024 Export AwardsOffice email banner.Middletown 2022Connecticut District Export Council AwardsAPPLY NOWFind Out MoreONE MONTH LEFT TO SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION!!Have your firm recognized for its export achievements! The U.S. Department of Commerce | U.S. Commercial Service’s Connecticut office and the Connecticut District Export Council (“DEC”), invite Connecticut based businesses to self-nominate and be recognized by the DEC and the CT Business and Industry Association (CBIA) as contributors to the state’s economy through exports. Last year’s program honored eighteen outstanding Connecticut firms who exported to a total of 70 unique markets around the world. Photo of 2023 AwardeesThe awards ceremony will take place during CBIA’s Made in Connecticut Manufacturing Summit on Wednesday, October 2, 2024.Award Qualifications:Connecticut based companyTwo categories of awards: (1) New to Market and (2) Growth Award. Note: companies can apply for new to market award and/or growth award. Companies applying do not need to qualify for both categories. (1) New to Market: Connecticut company has exported (i.e. earned revenues from billing a customer outside the US) to a country in Calendar Year 2023 (January 1 through December 31, 2023) that the firm has not previously exported to in years prior.OR(2) Growth Award: Connecticut company has seen a minimum of 10% growth of export sales to one country. Sales growth realized in calendar year 2023, as compared to sales to that country in calendar year 2022. Product exported contains at least 51% US content. Notes:No sales minimums or documentation is required.Sales to Puerto Rico are not considered exports, but Canada certainly qualifies!Deadline to submit award nomination: Friday, August 30, 2024 Note that companies will be informed about award decisions in early September 2024 . All export awards will be presented on October 2, 2024 at the Connecticut Business Industry Association's Manufacturing Summit. Should you have questions on this form, please contact Melissa Grosso, Director, U.S. Commercial Service (Connecticut office) at Melissa.Grosso@trade.gov or 860-918-0840Nomination FormThank You to Our Award Sponsor:Shipman logoThank You to Our Award Partners:CT District Export Council LogoCT Business and Industry Association U.S. Commercial ServiceInternational Trade Administration United States Commercial Service, International Trade AdministrationThe U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of theU.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.U.S. Commercial Service trade professionals in over 100 U.S. cities and in more than 75 marketshelp U.S. companies get started in exporting or increase sales to global markets.

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