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Bhakti Bania founded architecture firm BBCO with her husband in 2009, when the recession had brought development to a near-standstill. But Bania saw it as an opportunity to get the company up and running and solidify its foundation while their children were young and the workload wasn’t crushing. Today, 15-employee BBCO is Central Ohio’s largest woman-owned architecture firm. Bania is another of the inspirational business leaders whose stories we're resharing. Stay tuned for more in the Inspiring Women feature in our May issue.

Tanny Crane is well-known in Columbus business circles as the longtime president and CEO of Crane Group and has served on numerous corporate boards and chaired the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. But it’s her extensive community involvement that sets her apart from many of her peers. Crane is another of the inspirational women business leaders whose stories we're resharing.

Corrine Burger has announced she will retire as managing director and Columbus market leader after 34 years with JPMorganChase. She was one of our 2023 CEO of the Year winners.

A ban on backyard chickens in her suburban neighborhood led this customer service executive to seek a more fulfilling career running Fair Hill Farm in Lancaster. Meet Judith Horvath, another of our inspiring women business leaders whose stories we're resharing.

This cold snap has us wishing for warmer weather. So, we're flashing back to our Summer issue to shine a light again on some amazing local professionals from the Women in Business feature. First up, Ilaria Rawlins of women-owned Fortuna Bank.

Community leaders (and local media) came out in force this morning for the grand opening of JPMorganChase’s Northern Lights Community Center, where Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon made a special appearance. The Linden location is one of 19 Chase community centers nationwide that provide banking services, financial education and small business advice to underserved communities. The branch, which first opened in June 1958, switched to the community center format last July. “These branches work,” Dimon says. “When you do something like this, the community starts to get better because people are being paid locally, maybe they’re opening another business. We’ve seen evidence that a restaurant might move close by.” “It’s not a zero-sum game. The better Linden does, the better Columbus does, the better Ohio does, the better America does,” Dimon says.

Republicans in the Ohio Senate have introduced a bill that would usher in significant changes to the state's voter-approved recreational marijuana law, including a 50% tax increase. Here's another look at our story on the early sales trends from last fall.

According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in 2023 the median weekly earnings of full-time women workers were just 83.6 cents on the dollar paid to full-time working men.

Our condolences go out to the family, colleagues and friends of Don DePerro, who passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. This profile of Don from our January issue explores his career and how as CEO he helped bring new vitality to the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. Don was a champion for the business community and Columbus as a whole.