Polk County Women Mean Business

09/19/2026

We’re still sitting on cloud nine from yesterday’s ribbon cutting 🌸💗 Come see us tomorrow from 8am-1pm at COhatch in downtown Lakeland and shop our indoor market! Many amazing vendors.

Thank you to our photographer members for capturing these precious memories 🌸 Helena Echeverry & ViolaMay Photography

09/18/2026

New friend day, Friday !!! Welcome ladies!!

Tammy Houmard Hillman
Jana Elizabeth
Margaret Grisdela
María Calungcaquin
Celeste Pérez

09/18/2026

Thank you for being the best friend and partner I could have ever dreamed of having in a business. I built Cohesive Brands without a partner for so long and now I see how rewarding it is building your dream with someone else. I can’t explain how different this group would be if we didn’t have you but we wouldn’t be no where near where we are today. I know I can speak for most of the group when I say love you Lu. Thank you for best the best VEEP in the game. 🖤🔥

LETS KEEP GOING! 🔥

- Jess

THANK YOU Lakeland Chamber of Commerce 💚💚

09/16/2026

123+ members & counting! Come to our ribbon cutting tomorrow and see what we're all about 🖤 MEN WELCOME! Hello!! To all the men that have been wanting to meet us, here we will be! 🤣 Tomorrow at COhatch in Downtown Lakeland starting at 12:00pm - we will have lots of food, giveaways and our confidence closet will be there (meaning free clothes, shoes, accessories and more)! 🤗

We wouldn't be here without all the members that have believed in us and continue to believe in us. We love you 💕 We have SO MUCH MORE in store for us!!

09/16/2026

THIS SATURDAY! 💰🔥 Come shop small and shop local at our indoor market.
Come spend your Saturday in Downtown Lakeland and shop local with us at the PCWMB Indoor Market!

📅 Saturday, September 19
⏰ 8 AM–1 PM
📍 COhatch Downtown Lakeland
211 E Main St, Lakeland, FL

We’ll have a rotating lineup of local product-based and service-based businesses ready to meet you, show you what they do and help you discover some new local favorites.

✨ Shop small
🤝 Meet local business owners
🛍️ Discover products + services
❄️ Enjoy an AIR-CONDITIONED market
🐾 Leashed pups are welcome!

Make a morning of it! Walk through the Downtown Lakeland Farmers Curb Market, then pop inside COhatch to keep shopping with us.

Bring a friend, grab a coffee and come support the small businesses that make our community so special. 💛

See you Saturday! 🍂

09/15/2026

So thankful for local, small business reporting 💗 Thank you so much LkldNow for the write up 🌸

The new organization pairs traditional business networking with mentorship, mental health resources, professional clothing and a monthly market. https://www.lkldnow.com/polk-county-women-mean-business-builds-a-community-around-women-entrepreneurs/

09/15/2026

If you're seeing this you're invited to our ribbon cutting - so don't say we didn't invite you - THIS IS YOUR SIGN 👀❤️ This Thursday! 🎉

Join us as we officially celebrate the next chapter of Polk County Women Mean Business with a Ribbon Cutting hosted by The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce!

​While our community has been bringing women together for nearly three years, this year marked an exciting milestone as we officially launched our membership community and began building something even bigger for the businesswomen of Polk County.

​Come celebrate with us at our Community Hub, COhatch Downtown Lakeland, and experience what makes PCWMB different.

​✨ Enjoy complimentary food and handcrafted mocktails
✨ Tour our Community Hub at COhatch
✨ Shop & swap inside our Confidence Closet, our FREE mobile boutique providing professional clothing and accessories for women in our community
✨ Enter to win PCWMB giveaways
✨ Meet our members and local business owners
✨ Learn how you can become part of one of Polk County's fastest-growing women's business communities

​At PCWMB, we believe networking is only the beginning.

​We create genuine relationships, personal and professional growth, opportunities to serve our community and a place where women feel like they belong as soon as they experience our community!

​We didn't build just another networking group, we built a movement!

​Whether you're a business owner, entrepreneur, professional or simply looking for your community, we'd love to celebrate with you.

​📍 COhatch Downtown Lakeland
211 E Main Street, Lakeland, FL

​📅 Thursday, September 17
🎀 Ribbon Cutting by the Lakeland Chamber
Register: https://luma.com/pcwmbusiness

​Come see why more and more women are choosing community over competition.

09/15/2026

Thankful for the friendships & connections that come from this group 🌸💗 Shelley Flagg Burt Jessica Renee Robinson

Please send us photos anytime you connect with a member so we can share it! 🤗

09/14/2026

Members! Please go to ‘group announcements’ on Mighty Networks. There is important information regarding your membership.
 Thank you! 

09/11/2026

Today, we take a moment to pause to remember the lives lost, honor the heroes and stand united. 🇺🇸❤️

Do you remember where you were when this tragedy struck? I do. I was running laps at school in elementary school. A friend ran by and said, “Get inside, quick, something terrible has happened.” I remember getting home and we all stood and stared at the tv in disbelief. I knew our world had drastically changed. - Jessica