Women-owned businesses create welcoming spaces for Chapel Hill-Carrboro community
By Phoebe Martel | 12:01amThe Purple Bowl, WomanCraft Gifts and Ascension Tattoo are just a few of several women-operated small businesses in the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities that residents can support during Women's History Month.
- Paula Gilland, owner of The Purple Bowl, said being female-run has contributed to the business’s mission to empower women.
- “We tried to make decisions early on in the business to support and nurture women,” she said. "So, when we’ve hired women, if they’ve needed to take a maternity leave, we’ve helped cover that — which is really rare in the food industry.”