CT SBA AwardThe U.S. Small Business Administration has selected Paula M. Pierce, owner of Hosting Connecticut, LLC, Windsor, CT as the 2008 Home-Based Business Champion of the Year for Connecticut and the New England Region. Winners in this category have experienced the rewards and difficulties of running a home-based business and have volunteered time and energy to improve conditions while working to enhance the home-based business climate.Pierce runs two profitable businesses out of her home in Windsor, CT: PaulaWalla Imports, an online gift shop, which recently celebrated its 10 year anniversary and Hosting Connecticut LLC, a website development company, which is currently celebrating its 5 year anniversary. As an online retailer she is able to assist her web site development clients in navigating the online world using her own online retail experience, a rarity among other web site developers. Pierce is the President of the Windsor Chamber of Commerce, a Notary Public, the E-newsletter Facilitator for MDA 31 Mass Vaccination Preparedness Clinic, and is the volunteer moderator of Windsor Freecycle, a grass roots group of over 1000 Windsor people keeping good, usable items out of the landfill. |