ContractHer Connect

08/30/2026

Fairy Tale Career Advice Nobody Asked For. ✨

Turns out, the stories we grew up with had some pretty solid career advice buried underneath all the pumpkins, mermaids and yellow brick roads.

Find a way.
Find your people.
Take the next step.
And have the audacity to believe you belong there.

Because most of us aren't waiting on a fairy godmother. We don't have a yellow brick road showing us exactly where to go. And we definitely don't feel 100% qualified for every opportunity that comes our way.

Sometimes you just have to get yourself in the right room.

That's what Built to Lead is about.

A room full of women who are building businesses, building careers, building teams and figuring things out as they go. Women you can learn from. Women you can connect with. Women who might just become part of your next chapter.

You don't have to have it all figured out before you walk through the door.

Find your people. Believe in yourself. Find a way. And take the next step.

✨ Built to Lead: Women in Construction Summit
📍 Emerald Grande | Destin
📅 September 10

Your seat is waiting. Get your ticket at contractors-connect.com.

08/27/2026

🚨 LAST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! 🚨

Today is the LAST DAY to nominate an incredible woman for the ContractHER Champion Award!

We’re looking for a woman in the construction industry who leads, builds and makes an impact through her leadership, innovation, mentorship and commitment to moving our industry forward.

Know someone who deserves to be recognized? Don’t assume someone else will nominate her.

✨ Submit your nomination TODAY.

ContractHER and Scarlett Magazine will recognize the ContractHER Champion at the Built to Lead Women in Construction Summit on September 10 at Emerald Grande in Destin.

👉 contractors-connect.com/contracther-champion-award

Tag a woman below who deserves to be celebrated. 👇

08/26/2026

15 DAYS. ✨

That’s it. In just 15 days, we’re bringing together women from across the construction and building industry for Built to Lead: Women in Construction Summit, presented by D.R. Horton.

And this isn't a sit-in-your-seat-all-day kind of conference.

☕ Start the morning at the ContractHER Social
🎙️ Catch Trade Talk LIVE with Liz Wilcox
💡 Choose from breakout sessions built around real conversations and real growth
💗 Hear from our capstone speaker Rosa Santiago Zimmerman
🥂 Meet the women, leaders and brands shaping our industry
⚓ Then keep the connections going at AJ’s on the Harbor

One day. A whole lot of possibility.

If Built to Lead has been sitting on your “I need to get my ticket” list, **this is your sign.**

15 days. Get in the room.

📍 Emerald Grande | Destin
📅 September 10
🎟️ Grab your ticket: contractors-connect.com

08/22/2026

🏆 Who is your ContractHER Champion?

Nominations are officially OPEN for the ContractHER Champion Award, presented in partnership with Scarlett Magazine!

We’re looking for an outstanding woman in the construction industry who leads, builds, mentors, innovates and makes an impact. The woman who opens doors for others. The one making her company, her community and our industry better.
Know her? Nominate her. 💗

The ContractHER Champion will be recognized at the Built to Lead Women in Construction Summit on September 10 at Emerald Grande in Destin.

⏰ Nominations are open through Thursday, August 27.

Submit your nomination today:
contractors-connect.com/contracther-champion-award

08/22/2026

You don’t have to do it all alone. And you don’t have to pretend you have it all together.

That’s a message we keep coming back to in our conversation with Rosa Santiago Zimmerman on Trade Talk.

Women are often expected to be strong, capable, resilient and ready to handle whatever comes next. But real strength also looks like vulnerability. It looks like asking for help. Letting someone else carry a little of the weight. And being willing to say, *this is hard.*

That belief is at the heart of Rosa’s Super Women Cry Too movement, creating space for women to be strong and human.

And it’s one of the many reasons we’re so excited to welcome Rosa to Built to Lead: Women in Construction Summit on September 10 at Emerald Grande in Destin as our closing capstone speaker.

🎟️ Come see Rosa at Built to Lead. Get your ticket today.

And be sure to follow for more of Rosa’s message about vulnerability, connection and reminding women that none of us were meant to do this alone. 💗

08/20/2026

📢 Contractors Connect is coming to Crestview!
Join us on Thursday, September 3rd from 4:30–6:30 PM at Eagle’s Nest at Blackwater for an evening of networking, great conversations, and building stronger relationships within our local construction community.

📍 Eagle’s Nest at Blackwater
4927 Antioch Road | Crestview, FL

A huge thank you to our presenting sponsor Gulf Armor Custom Wood Doors, along with Builders FirstSource, our industry partners Live Oak Fiber and Ply Gem, and our Trade Talk Sponsor Wholesale Wood Products!
🤝 Sponsorship opportunities are still available! If your company would like to get involved and connect with the local construction community, send us a message.

We look forward to seeing you there!

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

📢 Contractors Connect is coming to Crestview!

Join us on Thursday, September 3rd from 4:30–6:30 PM at Eagle’s Nest at Blackwater for an evening of networking, great conversations, and building stronger relationships within our local construction community.

📍 Eagle’s Nest at Blackwater
4927 Antioch Road | Crestview, FL

A huge thank you to our presenting sponsor Gulf Armor, along with Builders FirstSource, our industry partners Live Oak Fiber and Ply Gem, and our Trade Talk Sponsor Wholesale Wood Products!
🤝 Sponsorship opportunities are still available! If your company would like to get involved and connect with the local construction community, send us a message.

Get your ticket early at contractors-connect.com

08/19/2026

Sometimes the difference between being overlooked and being given an opportunity is simply being invited into the room.

We’re excited to partner with Build with Rosa, Super Women Cry Too and Habitat for Humanity of Walton County, to bring a meaningful opportunity to women in our Northwest Florida community. 💗

Together, we’re inviting six women from Walton, Okaloosa, Bay, and surrounding Northwest Florida communities to attend the 2026 Built to Lead: Women in Construction Summit, happening September 10 at Emerald Grande in Destin.

We’re looking for women whose leadership, service, resilience, personal growth, or impact deserves to be recognized and brought into the room.

These invited seats are intended for women who could be meaningfully impacted by the connections, conversations, learning, and opportunities at Built to Lead, but who may not otherwise have the financial flexibility to make this investment in themselves.

✨ Community nominations and self-nominations are welcome.

📅 Nominations open through August 21, 2026
💻 Apply at www.superwomencrytoo.com/

Nominate a woman who deserves to be in the room, or nominate yourself. Because sometimes one invitation can open the door to what comes next.