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Following the gathering of community partners, supporters and advocates, the boutique will open to the general public on Friday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
This boutique is a vital resource for women seeking economic independence, as it will offer professional attire, career development tools, as well as a supportive environment for clients to both thrive personally and professionally.<\/p>\n
When Dress for Success Executive Director Jennifer Nelson-Lastra came onboard in January 2024, the organization was struggling financially. The organization moved out of its original location at Bell Tower and co-located to Goodwill Industries, which she said saved the organization.<\/p>\n
A new space was offered after Nelson-Lastra was approached by Meghan DeLuca, executive director for Guiding Grace SWFL. Nelson-Lastra said, in a previous interview, that DeLuca offered space for Dress for Success to reopen the boutique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The grand opening for the new Dress for Success Southwest Florida Cape Coral boutique has been rescheduled. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-148234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}