The owner of Bixby & Co., a craft snack bar business in Rockland, has won a $100,000 grant from the Tory Burch Foundation.
Kate McAleer was chosen last week to receive the grant from among 10 Tory Burch Foundation fellows who participated in a pitch competition during a three-day workshop in New York City.
McAleer was one of 10 people selected in May to become a fellow of the foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports women entrepeneurship. That designation came with a prize of $10,000 and a trip to New York to visit with the famous designer. The fellows will now be part of the foundation’s one-year business guidance program.
McAleer is the only winner from New England. She founded Bixby & Co. in 2011. The company makes snack bars for the natural candy market that contain more protein and fiber and less sugar than other candy bars.
In 2015, the U.S. Small Business Administration named McAleer the Maine Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
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