Wintrust Business Lunch 8/2/24: Hiring slows, Ravinia Farmers Market, YWCA accelerator program

Wintrust Business Lunch

Segment 1: Jane Oates, Senior Policy Advisor and recent President, WorkingNation, talks to John Williams about the disappointing jobs report, and what this will mean with Fed policy and interest rate cuts, high prices continuing to hurt Americans, and the way AI is impacting the job market.

Segment 2: Ed Kugler, Market Manager, Ravinia Farmers Market, talks to John about his longtime involvement in local farmers markets, and the 2nd annual Taste of Ravinia Farmers Market celebrating National Farmers Market week!

Segment 3: Cheryl Hudson-Jackson, Director of Breedlove Entrepreneurship Center at YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, YWCA Chicago, joins John Williams to talk about the mission of the accelerator program, who is eligible for the program, and how the accelerator program helps women of color build wealth. Interested in applying for the program? Click here.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5483768/5483768_2024-08-02-193808.128.mp3

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