Icy roads could not stop a press conference held at South Central Industries Feb. 24 to honor Shawnee as the #1 city in Oklahoma for women owned businesses.
Shawnee Forward CEO Rachael Melot brought up the subject of women-owned businesses being a goal to Governor Kevin Stitt during his Oct. 2021 visit to Shawnee.
Melot said only about seven percent of startups in the U.S. are received by women. Tho…
