Seattle’s Pike Place Market is celebrating International Women’s Day with a salute to the more than 250 women-owned businesses that make the market move. “In fact, 50% of all market businesses are co-owned or fully owned by women,” says Madison Bristol with Pike Place Preservation and Development Authority. "They are fundamental to the success of this market." The market features James Beard Award-winning Chefs, world-renowned artists of all kinds and generations of farmers. The market is celebrating everyone, from the newcomers who just launched a business to those who’ve been at the market for decades. Lori Brankey of Canelle Citron has been selling beautiful, original handcrafted jewelry at Pike Place Market since 1979. READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/pike-place-female-business-owners/281-5c9f401d-a5a3-42e0-af9d-198b1967cc9c