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Women Entrepreneurship is on the Rise: Five Small Businesses Making Waves

By Kaelyn Green | October 22, 2020 |

October marks the 32nd anniversary of H.R. 5050: the Women’s Business Ownership Act, signed into legislation by President Reagan in 1988. The legislation empowers women to independently sign their business loan applications and makes it easier for women entrepreneurs to receive working capital, training, and assistance. Today, women-owned businesses are growing at 2.5% the national average, and women entrepreneurs of color are the fastest-growing population of entrepreneurs in the United States.   According to…

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Wacif CEO Harold Pettigrew Joins Washington Business Journal Leadership Trust

By Kaelyn Green | October 5, 2020 |

Washington, D.C. (October 05, 2020) — The Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif) today announced that CEO Harold Pettigrew, Jr. will join the Washington Business Journal Leadership Trust (Trust), an exclusive community for influential business leaders, executives and entrepreneurs in Greater Washington. “I am proud to join and lend my voice to a community of…

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Wacif Leadership Selected for Leadership Greater Washington and Leadership Montgomery Cohorts for 2021

By Kaelyn Green | October 1, 2020 |

Washington, DC (October 01, 2020) — The Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif) is proud to announce that members of its executive leadership, Harold Pettigrew, CEO; Matt Glatting, Board Member, and Brendon Miller, Director of Communications & Development, have been selected to join Leadership Greater Washington (LGW) and Leadership Montgomery (LM), respectively. “Wacif is honored…

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