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DuPage committee spotlights local women-owned businesses, internships and hiring barriers
Summary
Owners of CT Mechanical and BioScantec described growth, hiring challenges for women in nontraditional trades and partnerships with WorkNet DuPage to train interns, including neurodivergent young adults.
Chair Cherokee Yu opened the DuPage County Economic Development Committee meeting on March 18 by introducing a “spotlight on women owned businesses,” saying the committee would hear directly from two local women business owners about their experience operating in DuPage County and collaborating with WorkNet DuPage.
Lisa Schbach of WorkNet DuPage told the committee that both guests have partnered with the agency on workforce-development programs. “We’re thrilled to have a couple of our local women business owners here with us this morning,” she said, introducing Catherine Tawaida of CT Mechanical and Marie (last name not specified), owner of BioScantec.
Catherine Tawaida, owner of CT Mechanical in Addison, said she founded the company in February 2008 and that the business has grown from a one-person operation to about $30,000,000 in…
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