The 3rd Annual Enterprising Woman Business Plan Competition
The Business Center and Mt. Airy USA presented The Enterprising Woman (TEW)third annual Business Plan Competition. The event was sponsored by Sovereign Bank and the Department of Community and Economic Development. Prizes in each category were as follows: First Place - $3,000, Second Place - $500, Third Place - Palm Pilot. There were three catgories - Service, Retail and Restaurant. Pictured on the cover: 1st row - Judges: Mark Palmer, President, Empire Capital, Aubrey Kenney, Jr., Branch Manager, Sovereign Bank; Contestants: Elizabeth Robb, Moon & Black, Inc. (First Place - Restaurant, TEW Co - Organizer: Pamela Rich - Wheeler, Executive Director, The Business Center at New Covenant Campus, 2nd row - Kym Ramsey, Ric and Kym, LLC, The Goddard School (First Place -Service), Zana Billue, Zanacakes (Second Place - Restaurant) and Deborah Nye, D. Sloane Shoes (First Place -Retail). Not Pictured: Bonnie Johnson, Trinity Financial Consulting (Second Place - Service), Kimberly Garrison, One-on-One Ultimate fitness (Third Place - Service), Terrie Wigfall, TLW Designs (Second Place - Retail), Diana Kline, SPA Bavu (Third Place - Retail); Judges included Chirstopher Chaplin, WORC, John Banks, Loan Officer, Small Business Administration, Ana Gallardo, Small Business Administration, Ellen Fisher, President Women's Yellow Pages, Mia Pitman, Progress Bank. Organizers included Iola Carter, Business district Manager, Mt. Airy USA and Farah Jimenez, Director, Mt Airy USA. Sponsors were Joan Brickley, Regional Manager, Sovereign Bank and Mary Ann Ban Ardsdale, Women's Business Advocate, Department of Community and Economic Development.