CONNECTICUT'S BUSINESS NEWS WWW.HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM VOLUME 32 • ISSUE 17 $3.00 AUGUST 19, 2024
Capital
Starter
WBDC grants program
helps women-owned
businesses gain access
to more funding sources.
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Breaking Barriers
At 18, Hartford native Dinora Lopez was a single
mom raising twins and her sister; now she's
general counsel of CT's second-largest bank.
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Entrepreneurial Spirits
CT's craft distillery industry has
grown, but distribution among key
challenges.
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Positive Prognosis
Nurse-turned-real estate investor,
developer builds a growing CT
apartment portfolio.
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HBJ PHOTO | STEVE LASCHEVER
Josh Mesnik is the owner of Josie & Tony's, a semiprivate
membership restaurant in South Norwalk.
DINNER &
A DOSSIER
NYC transplant brings
semiprivate membership model
to CT's restaurant industry.
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Sunshine State Connection
Amid increased leisure travel and snowbirds population,
airlines race to add Florida flights out of Bradley Airport.
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