June 12, 2018 WEV’s Business Recovery Specialist, Nicki Parr, recently had a conversation with the SBA’s Public Information Officer about what small businesses economically impacted by the winter disasters need to know about applying for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan…
Women’s Economic Ventures Honors Graduates (Noozhawk Article)
June 3, 2018 Link to Article in Noozhawk A celebration of entrepreneur graduates and business resiliency filled the Hilton Santa Barbara Resort the evening of May 30 at the Women’s Economic Ventures’ (WEV) graduation, awards presentation, and a shop-local market….
Women’s Economic Ventures Honors Graduates, Disaster Resilient Businesses and Million Dollar Club Inductees (Press Release)
June 1, 2018 Santa Barbara, CA— A celebration of entrepreneur graduates and business resiliency filled the Hilton Santa Barbara Resort Wednesday evening May 30th, 2018. The Women’s Economic Ventures’ event featured a graduation, awards presentation and a shop local market….
Women’s Economic Ventures honors women who showed resiliency during disasters (KEYT Live Video Story)
May 30, 2018 by KEYT Reporter Tracy Lehr Link video on KEYT SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – During the Thomas Fire, the owners of Chocolats du CaliBressan evacuated to their State Street shop. When the Montecito mudslides hit, Jill Marie Carre was…
Chocolats du CaliBressan win WEV Award (Article in Carpinteria Coastal View News)
May 31, 2018 Link to article in Carpinteria Coastal View News Carpinteria’s Chocolats du CaliBressan is this year’s winner of the Women’s Economic Ventures People’s Choice Award. The award honors entrepreneurs who, when faced with disaster, showed the resilience necessary…
WEV Business: Sampling the universe at Ambrosia (Article in the Ventura County Reporter)
May 30, 2018 by Chris O’Neal, VC Reporter Link to Cover story in Good Taste, Ventura I had only recently recovered from my second-ever yoga session when my wife said, “Hey, let’s check out Ambrosia.” “The food of the gods?…
Talking Empowerment with the Founder of Women’s Economic Ventures (Article in The Santa Barbara Independent)
May 21, 2018 by Roger Durling link to article in The Santa Barbara Independent Twenty-seven years ago, Marsha Bailey established the nonprofit Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) to help women start their own businesses, empowering participants with micro-loans and self-employment training…
Women’s Economic Ventures Helps Organize Important Workshop with Key Community Leaders (Article in The Santa Barbara Independent)
May 17, 2018 by Tyler Hayden, Photos by Paul Wellman Link to Article in The Santa Barbara Independent City on Vision Quest for State Street Revival Leaders Also Mull Ways to Protect Economy from Next Disaster Armed with colored markers, big notepads, and…
Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation Hosts Awards, Announcement Made SOE to Become Part of Women’s Economic Ventures (Article in The Santa Barbara Independent)
May 11, 2018 by Gail Arnold link to article in The Santa Barbara Independent Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree and 11 Other Area Women Honored On May 4, the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation (SOE) held its annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards where…