Some photos below from last week’s Lakewood-area Women In Business inaugural meeting. It’s great to see a group like this form, and not surprising at all that the first get-together was so well attended. As someone who’s covered this area for some time, it’s never ceased to amaze me how many people in general, and women specifically, embody the entrepreneurial spirit here in Lakewood.

Professional Bank president Mark Smith draws a door-prize winner with the help of Darlene Doxey-Calvin, one of the group’s founders.

From left, businesswomen Lori Ashmore, Deborah Andrade and Laurie Dotter enjoy enjoy wine and conversation at the Lakewood-area Women in Business’s first meeting.

Jamie Harrison, Yvette Lambert and Lou Ann Stefanek take the opportunity to network.