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Melissa Hughes: “Over 70% of [businesses participating in the Main Street…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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WI Gubernatorial Candidate Missy Huges Speaks at CoCo Dems Headquarters

Published | Video Starts at 09:47

And so really just amazing to see people take their businesses from their garages and their dining room tables and move them into main Street. And one of the things I was most amazed to see was that Over 70% of [businesses participating in the Main Street Bounce Back program] were women-owned businesses. And a lot of it was just women afraid to risk their family savings, concerned about just making sure that they could stay steady, but seeing the opportunity and jumping at it. (09:47–09:51)

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Asserts that more than 70% of businesses in the Main Street Bounce Back program were women-owned.

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