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One entry per person. Duplicate entries will be discarded. Tickets are digital so winner must have a smartphone and a valid email address to receive tickets.PHOTO CREDIT: DUANE COLE WYBC & Yale University celebrate Any Occasion Creation FloristName: Carrien DavisBusiness Name: Any Occasion Creation Florist, 1090 Chapel Street, New HavenYear Business was started in New Haven: 2014Why did you start your own business?I gained inspiration from my parents, who kept flowers all throughout her home in the Caribbean Island of Dominica. As a teenager, I would be tasked with picking flowers from the family garden for the dinner table, and she enjoyed making arrangements. Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven?My family immigrated to the United States when I was 17. Upon seeing the abundance of flower shops and craft stores, I realized that I could turn my interest into a profession and began taking orders for floral arrangements from friends.What challenges did you have to overcome in starting your business? It’s challenging to get support from the community, however, over time, I was able to develop a clientele. People noticed my work and that turned out to be the primary driver for orders.Photos courtesy of Any Occasion Creation Florist Valentine’s Day Grand Prize WinnerCongratulations to Ashley from Wallingford! She is our WYBC Valentine’s Day Grand Prize Winner! Ashley and the love of her life, her husband Dustin, are going to enjoy tickets to see Mary J. Blige, dinner at Kool Breeze Jamerican Cuisine in New Haven, flowers and chocolates!Happy Valentine’s Day!Special thanks to
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Part of me. In HS I wanted to go to college for fashion design after studying abroad in high school in Europe and getting inspired by fashion in general. BUT I wanted to go to college in NYC. I was told by my HS counselor that the field held no income for me. So, I went for my plan B major which was prelaw. I came back home transferring colleges after my first semester in Ohio trying to figure myself out after a horrible personal experience. I started making clothing and selling it online for fun and for extra money since I couldn’t hold a job with the prelaw program I was in. My designs went viral, and I took a step back from college in 2020 during the pandemic to really focus on what I loved.Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven?:My family is from New Haven! My Abuela immigrated from Puerto Rico – Brooklyn with family merging into New Haven. My grandmother went to ACES as a kid and the location of my shop with ACES being right next door was a full circle moment!What challenges did you have to overcome in starting your business?:One of my biggest challenges was dropping college. I’m a first gen student in my family (only child) and it was very pushed on me to be the one to follow the road to success “the right way.” I’ve always had support from my family, but it was more of an internal battle and the overall fear of failure/ that what if aspect of veering off the path that’s expected.Photos courtesy of Mini PNG WYBC & Yale University celebrate KoolBreeze Jamerican Cuisine RestaurantName: Andrea StoneBusiness Name: KoolBreeze Jamerican Cuisine Restaurant, 1400 Whalley Avenue, New HavenYear Business was started in New Haven: 2019Why did you start your own business? I wanted to let the community know that there’s real authentic Jamaican food out there, plus my love of cooking and appreciation of a good home cooked meal.Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven? I chose New Haven, because I live in NH, love New Haven, and the diverse cultures in New Haven would definitely appreciate my meals.What challenges did you have to overcome in starting your business? The business started in Oct of 2019, so that means with only a couple of months in, just like that COVID hit.. we had to re-adjust and revamp and stayed prayed up.Photos courtesy of KoolBreeze Jamerican Cuisine Restaurant Enter to win: Virtual Lunch with WandaWYBC and D’Amato’s Seafood want to treat you and a friend to a virtual lunch with Wanda Coppage from the WYBC Workforce!Enter to win a delicious lunch for you and a guest courtesy of D’Amato’s Seafood, 423 Whalley Avenue in New Haven. We will randomly draw a winner at the end of the month and we’ll deliver lunch to the winner, who will get to eat with Wanda virtually through Zoom! WYBC & Yale University celebrate
