Though women have more business and professional opportunities today than in 1928, the program outlined for the first observance of NBWW is still relevant to our current challenges. The celebration of National Business Women's Week has furthered the leadership roles of women and increased opportunities for their advancement professionally and personally. Gage offers touch of honey Beverly Gage followed her dream over the past year, and opened her own store in downtown Balmorhea this past Fourth of July. Gage sells homemade honey because her husband, Virgil, is a beekeeper, among other things. She also sells a wide variety of crafts, including clay pot angels and wreaths and wooden products, while offering balloon bouquets, pinatas from Mexico, flower a rrangements, books, Balmorhea school spirit items and some jewelry.
Gage really enjoys craft work, and comes from a family of craftspersons.
I guess we're all crafty people, you might say. Virgil built the backdrop for a bed that she has a homemade quilt displayed upon. The decorative backdrop separates the store area from her work area, where she makes many of the items that she sells, and where she keeps her supplies. She credits the support of her family highly when talking about her business, and also counts on her faith and talent to help her in her business venture. She and her husband foun d out about the store, which has an apartment in back, being available, so they sold their house, bought the building, and she opened up her shop.