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Indianapolis, August 14, 2008 – L. Leona Frank, Esquire, chosen as a finalist for Indy’s Best and Brightest in Law at the age of 31.

Indy’s Best & Brightest will honor 100 of Central Indiana’s outstanding young professionals (ages 40 and under) who are making their mark in and around Indianapolis, with an award luncheon on September 25, 2008.  “To create a better tomorrow, we must recognize tomorrow’s leaders today.”

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(Carmel, IN; August 13, 2008) – A new solution is now available for individuals planning events in the Indianapolis Metro area. In response to the growing complexity of organizing major events, four women have formed an alliance of complimentary businesses in Carmel’s Arts & Design District called circle•the•date.

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Indianapolis, IND. August 12, 2008 - Nationally recognized fitness expert, Patrea Aeschliman, announced she is offering semi-private Pilates classes. Classes are limited to 8 participants. The small class size gives participants an affordable alternative to individualized coaching in a more intimate setting than a traditional fitness class.  

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Indianapolis, IN -  A Women’s Place Network, Inc., announces its first annual women’s event for October 3, 2008 at the Ritz Charles in Carmel.  The event celeb rates “Women of Excellence” who lead the way in the marketplace, while contributing all event proceeds in support of the work of the Domestic Violence Network of Greater Indianapolis. 

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Indianapolis, IN -  A Women’s Place Network, Inc., announces the launch of innovative relationship-building networking opportunities for women in the greater Indianapolis area. Affiliated Women Intl™, a division of A Women’s Place Network, Inc., brings its relationship-building concept and unique networking format in the form of small networks called ”Neighborhood Networks. 

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In a presentation to agroup at the Black Expo, Mayor Ballard announced his administration is overhauling the way Indianapolis tracks and awards contracts with minority- and women-owned businesses after finding the city’s program in disarray and falling short of goals.

I hope we can simplify the system.  As a WBO, I was completely turned off by the cumbersome documentation process, which might result in a lot of time spent with no real benefit.

Often the bids do not really support WBO or MBO’s at all.  In one instance, I could get points if I was a sub contractor to a male owned company.  But there were not points available if I wanted to be the primary contractor on a project.

I hope some of those inconsitencies can be corrected.

This summer the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs and the Indiana Small Business Development Center Network will once again put on the series Advancing Hoosier Women in Business. It will take place in four different cities this year to make it easy for all Hosier women to attend this event.

For registration and more details go to .BusinessWomenConnect

Ann Fisher, President of HR Alternative Consulting, Inc. will be this month’s speaker at WINK (Women Increasing Networking Knowledge), sponsored by National City.  The topic of discussion is on Human Resource Compliance “I’m from the Government and I’m Here to Help You!”

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Safari Solutions, a nine year old Indianapolis based HR consulting company, announced they have been certified as a Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) by the State of Indiana.  The new certification will allow the growing firm to provide valuable services to companies which need to do business with minority firms as part of their state contract requirements.

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Indianapolis, Ind. May 2008– Clara Lehman, of Financial Partners Group, LLC, an agency of New England Financial, a MetLife Company, recently participated at MetLife’s Women’s Symposium in Chicago.  The two-day conference provides education, training and networking opportunities for New England Financial’s leading female sales representatives across the country.  More Info