'It's going to change lives': Jeffersonville incubator space aims to help women entrepreneurs

ABOUT HER VISION FOR WALL STREET SUITES. I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT’S GOING TO CHANGE LIVES AND THE COMMUNITY FOR ENTREPRENEUR AND ESTABLISHED BUSINESSWOMAN DEIRDRE COLLINS SEES CUTTING THE RIBBON ON HER NEW BUSINESS. MONDAY MORNING WAS THE START OF SOMETHING SPECIAL. IT’S BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS, I THOUGHT IT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING SMALL, BUT IT’S IT’S BEAUTIFUL SPACE. IT’S LIGHT, IT’S AIRY. IT’S IN THE PERFECT LOCATION ON WALL STREET SUITES IS AN INCUBATOR SPACE FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS. LOCATED ON WALL STREET IN DOWNTOWN JEFFERSONVILLE, COLLINS BELIEVES THE SPACE IS FILLING A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY. WALL STREET SUITES IS A PLACE FOR, UM, COLLABORATE, FASHION, CREATIVITY AND TO CONQUER AND KIND OF KNOCK DOWN THOSE BARRIERS THAT A LOT OF FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS HAVE OF WITH FINANCING OPPORTUNITY NETWORKS. THERE ARE SEVEN SUITES AVAILABLE HERE, ALL VARYING IN DIFFERENT SIZES AND AMENITIES LIKE COMING WITH ITS OWN PRIVATE BATHROOM. AND THAT’S WHAT DICTATES THE RENT PRICE. THE SPACE IS BELOW MARKET RENT. UTILITIES ARE INCLUDED, SO YOU DON’T ALWAYS HAVE THE CAPITAL WHEN YOU’RE STARTING OUT. SO WE WANT THIS PLACE NOT TO BE THEIR FOREVER HOME, BUT A LAUNCHING PAD. WHILE THE SPACE IS OPEN TO ANY FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR, THERE IS A DISCOUNT FOR FIRST TIME LLC OWNERS, VETERANS, NONPROFITS, AND WOMEN OVER 55. COLLINS SAYS HER GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN, NO MATTER THEIR AGE, RACE OR BACKGROUND, TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. YOU SEE BUSINESS OWNERS, FEMALE BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT WE’RE NOT REALLY NETWORKING AND COLLABORATING. SO I HOPE THE LEGACY OF WALL STREET SUITES IS WOMEN ELEVATED IN UNCONVENTIONAL SPACES. UM, BE IT CREATIVITY, PROFESSIONALISM. AND SO THAT’S WHAT THIS SPACE IS GOING TO BE IN JEFFERSONVILLE. I’M ADDI