Cincinnati group hosting women-owned business crawl for holiday shoppers
Updated: 4:53 PM EST Nov 22, 2024
TOO. OKAY, WELL, SHIFTING GEARS HERE, EVERYTHING LOCAL. A CHANCE TO GET YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING DONE AND SUPPORT LOCAL WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES TOMORROW. AVIATOR ACCELERATORS IS HOSTING A WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS CRAWL, IF YOU WILL, IN OVER-THE-RHINE. THEY’RE SHOWCASING STORES, RESTAURANTS AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. AND OF COURSE, ALL OWNED BY WOMEN. SO HERE WITH ALL THE DETAILS, JASMINE HUGHES IS JOINING US FROM AVIATOR ACCELERATORS. AND THEN JULIA PETTA, PRIN PETITO FRIEND FROM HOMEMAKERS BAR, WHICH I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE GOODIE FOR US GUYS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I APPRECIATE IT. YES, THANK YOU FOR THIS. LOOKS DELICIOUS, BY THE WAY. YEAH. SO I GUESS JASMINE, FIRST, IF YOU WOULD TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY AVIATOR. AVIATOR ACCELERATORS DOES IN THE COMMUNITY? YES. SO WE ARE A NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND WE DO THAT THROUGH COACHING CLASSES AND COMMUNITY. AND IT’S NONPROFIT. IT’S A NONPROFIT. YEAH. WE JUST WE CREATE COMMUNITY FOR WOMEN, AND WE GIVE THEM THE EDUCATION AND THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO CHASE THEIR DREAMS. TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. THIS BUSINESS CRAWL. THAT’S COMING UP. AND IT’S ALL AGAIN, ALL FEMALE OWNED BUSINESSES WHERE DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS IDEA? WELL, OUR BRILLIANT PRESIDENT AND CEO CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA. SHE DID SOMETHING EVER SO SLIGHTLY SIMILAR IN A PREVIOUS LIFE. AND SO WE JUST THOUGHT WE’D BE ABLE TO KIND OF DO A PUB CRAWL, BUT OF NOT ONLY BARS AND RESTAURANTS, BUT SHOPS. YEAH. WHICH I LOVE ANYTHING TO. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES. BUT THEN ALSO SHOPPING IS KIND OF OUR THING HERE. I WANT TO BRING YOU IN. JULIA, TALK TO US HOMEMAKERS. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENT, AND WHY DID YOU GUYS WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS? YEAH. I MEAN, ANYTIME I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN A GROUP WITH WOMEN, I ABSOLUTELY JUMP ON IT. I LOVE BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. I LOVE CREATING COMMUNITY. I LOVE UPLIFTING WOMEN BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, AND SUPPORTING THEM. IT REALLY FEELS LIKE SUCH A GREAT IDEA TO TO KIND OF GET PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT BECAUSE I KNOW ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, SO MANY SMALLER BUSINESSES WERE REALLY STRUGGLING FOR YOU GUYS, WHAT WILL THIS MEAN TO YOU ALL IN YOUR BUSINESSES TO GET PEOPLE INSTEAD OF CLICKING, YOU KNOW, GOING ONLINE AND CLICKING THOSE, THOSE BIG BOX STORES TO MAYBE CONSIDER BUYING LOCAL? WELL, THIS IS THE STUFF THAT WE DO TO SUPPORT OUR WOMEN. AND SO IT MEANS A LOT TO US WHEN PEOPLE ENGAGE AND REALLY AND REALLY JUMP IN. YEAH. AND I WILL SAY SO THEY DID THIS LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, I THINK, AND I WAS A PART OF IT LAST YEAR. AND LAST YEAR YOU KNOW, IT WAS STILL WE STILL HAD WE WERE STILL FEELING LIKE THE REMNANTS OF THE PANDEMIC. I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT. BUT THAT DAY MY BAR WAS FILLED WITH WOMEN. AND, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND WE REALLY HAD LIKE A BUZZING AFTERNOON. AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD BE SO BENEFICIAL, OBVIOUSLY, TO SUPPORT FEMALE OWNED BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO JUST THE BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE SUBURBS AREN’T NECESSARILY USED TO. SO WHAT WOULD BE YOUR KIND OF SALES PITCH TO THE PEOPLE WATCHING? WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS NOT JUST FOR GUYS OR GALS, RIGHT? LIKE, THIS IS THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY. AND IT’S A REALLY LIKE FEEL GOOD DO GOOD MOMENT AND JUST A REALLY GOOD EXCUSE TO HAVE FUN. YEAH. AND FOR YOU. YEAH. I MEAN I LOVED IT LAST YEAR. I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS THIS YEAR. AND JUST I CREATED THIS. IT’S LIKE A SAMPLER THAT WE MADE FOR LAST. SO IT JUST BECAUSE IT IS A NEW AUDIENCE, PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVEN’T BEEN IN BEFORE. SO JUST LIKE YEAH, SHOWING THEM WHAT WE HAVE. AND I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU GO WHEN I GO TO SHOPS LIKE YOURS, THAT IT’S IT’S JUST THINGS THAT YOU CAN’T FIND EVERYWHERE ELSE, RIGHT? WHEN YOU’RE USED TO SOME OF THE BIGGER STORES, WE WON’T NAME ANYBODY. BUT GUYS, THANK YOU. SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT, JULIA AND JASMINE, BOTH OF YOU, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. SO JUST AGAIN, THE WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS CRAWL, IT IS HAPPENING TOMORROW AND OVER THE RHINE. IT’S FROM 11:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. TICKETS ARE ON SALE RIGHT NOW AT W O B CRAWL DOT COM. AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU ENTER NEWS 5 WITHOUT ANY SPACES AT CHECKOUT, YOU CAN GET $5 OFF YOUR TICKET. SO WE LOVE THAT TOO. I KNOW THAT’S A LO
Cincinnati group hosting women-owned business crawl for holiday shoppers
Updated: 4:53 PM EST Nov 22, 2024
An organization is offering Cincinnati shoppers a chance to get holiday gift-buying done early, while supporting local, women-owned businesses.Aviatra Accelerators is hosting a women-owned business crawl in Over-the-Rhine on Saturday, showcasing stores, restaurants and other nearby businesses that are owned by women.On Friday, WLWT was joined by Jasmine Hughes from Aviatra Accelerators and Julia Petiprin from Homemakers Bar, who discussed more.See the full interview in the video player at the top of the story.The women-owned business crawl is happening from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. For tickets and more information, click here.
An organization is offering Cincinnati shoppers a chance to get holiday gift-buying done early, while supporting local, women-owned businesses.
Aviatra Accelerators is hosting a women-owned business crawl in Over-the-Rhine on Saturday, showcasing stores, restaurants and other nearby businesses that are owned by women.
On Friday, WLWT was joined by Jasmine Hughes from Aviatra Accelerators and Julia Petiprin from Homemakers Bar, who discussed more.
See the full interview in the video player at the top of the story.
The women-owned business crawl is happening from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. For tickets and more information, click here.