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Skip to main content Currently Reading Women-owned businesses in CT who struggled during the pandemic will share in nearly $400,000 in grant money FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Alisa Bowens-Mercado, owner of Rhythm Brewing Co., will receive funds from the Women’s Business Development Council’s Equity Match Grant Program.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Alisa Bowens-Mercado, owner of Rhythm Brewing Co., will receive funds from the Women’s Business Development Council’s Equity Match Grant Program.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Le...

Icing on the (cup)cake: COVID relief fund helps Milford baker's dream come true Donald Eng FacebookTwitterEmail From left; Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz chats with business owner Adrianna Robles and Women's Business Development Council President and CEO Fran Pastore at Robles' Good Morning Cupcake on Melba Street in Miford, Conn. on Thursday, February 4, 2021. Robles received a business grant as part of the group's Equity Match Grant program.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media MILFORD — Adrianna Robles’s dream was nearly over just weeks before it came true. Having signed the lease o...

But help is available for women-owned businesses in Connecticut that are struggling.  A new grant program has more than $1 million to help women entrepreneurs access the capital needed to build banking relationships, improve credit and overcome COVID-19 challenges. The Equity Match Grant Program will be administered by the Women’s Business Development Council through its Opportunity Fund. Corporate and private funders, which include most of the area’s major banks, have contributed $525,000 toward the fund, with the state Department of Community Development providing up to $500,000 in mat...