This Week’s Top Stories Include Plans underway to raise tolls on Delaware Memorial Bridge First State Educate, Scripps agree to new Spelling Bee Walgreens in Trolley Square closing Meyer signs third gun law for NCCo DSU ranks in top 3 of public HBCUs for 5th straight year Week 3 Premier PT Player of the Week, Conrad’s Atallian Click on the …
Droneversity wins $10,000 Swim with Sharks grand prize
Ashlee Cooper was standing a chair taking photos of balloon decorations when a passerby told her she needed a drone. Now her company, Droneversity, has won $10,000 in the 12th Annual Swim with the Sharks Pitch Competition, held Wednesday at Penn Cinema on the Riverfront. The Emerging Enterprise Center’s competition showcases innovative entrepreneurs and celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship in …
State programs like EDGE help women-owned businesses grow
WILMINGTON — When Ashlee Cooper was offered the opportunity to return to the teaching job she lost during the pandemic, she declined because her toddler’s school hadn’t reopened yet. She opted instead to open an event-planning company. Her “ah-ha” moment came when someone saw her standing on a chair to photograph a balloon sculpture and suggested she use a drone …