Connecting women business leaders across South Dakota
31 Aug 2022
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Women from all over western KELOLAND gathered in Deadwood this week for the 11th annual Women’s Business Summit.
“It was almost like a big reunion, our last big event was in Deadwood in October of 2019,” SD CEO West Women’s Business Center director Michelle Kane said.
For the first time since the pandemic, The Women’s Business Summit was held in person. The conference is hosted by the SD CEO West Women’s Business Center, a program funded by the Small Business Administration.
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