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Tenesha Grant
By Sean Teehan
steehan@hartfordbusiness.com
P
art of what draws Tenesha Grant to the
human-services field is her experience as
a teenage mother of two by the time she
graduated high school.
"My senior year in high
school, I had someone that
believed in me and always
said that I could do bet-
ter," Grant said. "I probably
wouldn't be where I am today
without that support and
hope that was given to me."
Grant was recently named
director of women's services
at Community Renewal Team (CRT), a Hartford-
based nonprofit that helps people in central
Connecticut with a range of issues like child care,
housing and substance-abuse treatment. Grant,
who previously worked at Community Solutions
and Mercy Housing and Shelter Corp., is also
slated to receive a master's degree in industrial
and organizational psychology from the Univer-
sity of Hartford later this year.
In her new position at CRT, Grant will oversee
the operations of CRT's new Women's Empower-
ment Center, a supportive environment for women
and girls to receive gender-specific support. Her
goal is to implement programming that will em-
power, elevate and enrich the lives of women and
girls throughout Greater Hartford.
What's your primary focus as CRT's director of
women's services?
My primary focus will be to develop and imple-
ment gender-specific services using evidence-
based practices. We will advocate on behalf of the
members of the Women's Empowerment Center
for gender equality, emotional management, health
and wellness. We expect to offer financial literacy
training, and support for women to finish their
educations and seek growth opportunities in their
own careers with a peer-based mentor program.
How is CRT's relationship with the business
community?
CRT has a solid relationship with the business
community. We receive operational support from
several local banks in our region, including TD
Bank, Liberty Bank, United Bank, People's United
Bank, Wells Fargo and American Eagle Financial
Credit Union.
We also receive support from local businesses,
including: OneDigital, CENCAP Federal Credit
Union and Reid and Riege, P.C. just to name a
few. Support of CRT's Women's Empowerment
Center comes from these businesses and wom-
en-owned businesses including InfoShred and
New England Energy Group.
How does CRT's mission overlap with the inter-
ests of Connecticut's business community?
Our mission is "preparing our community to
meet life's challenges," and we think it overlaps per-
fectly with the interests of the business community
because we all want to succeed.
As more businesses do well in our region that
adds jobs and security and opportunities for ev-
eryone. As local businesses thrive, so do the people
that they employ.
Newsmakers
VERBATIM
Closing time
"It's with a heavy heart that I'm announcing that after 17 years, my brothers and I
made the difficult decision to close Grant's Restaurant and Bar.''
Famed local chef Billy Grant reacting to the recent closure of his Grant's
Restaurant and Bar in the posh West Hartford Center. Grant's other
restaurants, including Restaurant Bricco and Bricco Trattoria, remain open.
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