Business & Leadership Development Program
A unique, award winning development program for small, minority owned
businesses in Middlesex County and beyond. The program is funded by a
generous grant from the Aetna Foundation, and is facilitated by
professionals from THE ESSEX GROUP.
2009-2010 GRADUATING CLASS 13:
Graduating students of the Side
Street to Main Street Program 13 are as follows: (names do not
correspond to picture)
Gee Williams, Artha Slade,
Margaret Rose Moore, Roberta Nyomo, Kaitlen McGriff, Al Mayo, Zoila
Blanco,
Loida John-Nicholson, Josette
Hill-White, Angela Griffin-Wimberly, Ishmail Gaunichaux, Joseph
Bennett III
and the two named the highest
achieving, Reggie Holley and Will Ezell.
Picture from the
Middletown Press
Side
Street to Main Street Graduation Ceremony held in
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
In attendance were
Assistant Controller of the Aetna Foundation Christopher Montross, Graduate Gee
Williams,
and Master of
Ceremonies and Facilitator from The Essex Group for the Side Street to Main
Street program, Jim Jackson.
Not pictured were
Middlesex Chamber of Commerce President Larry McHugh and
Coordinator of the
Side Street
to Main Street program Jennifer DeKine, the other 13 graduate students who
attended the classes once a week for six months straight and members of their
families.
With a focus on personal and business planning and leadership, the
program is now accepting applicants for its record-setting 14th year,
scheduled to begin in the Fall of 2010. To date, 159 graduates of the
program have used what they learned to build success and reduce the
risk of failure in both the business and personal aspects of their
lives.
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