HOW IT STARTED

Judy Browne is the creator and founder of Workshop for Women, LLC, where she offers fun, hand-on classes in basic home improvement skills for women. She is also a certified home inspector with Pillar to Post.

Judy worked for 20 years as a manufacturing engineer and project manager for a large manufacturing company in Littleton. When the company began to send their operations overseas, Judy seized the opportunity to fulfill a long time dream: becoming a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. During that year, she trained hundreds of unskilled volunteers in the construction skills necessary to build a home.

The idea for Workshop for Women began to grow while she spent 14 weeks of her volunteer year working on a Women Build home. “What impressed me most were the women who came to the site knowing little or nothing about construction and who left with renewed confidence and faith in their ability to accomplish anything they wanted,” Judy says. “I wanted more women to experience that.”

So when her volunteer year ended, reluctant to rejoin corporate America, Judy decided to use her engineering background and her experience with Habitat for Humanity to create hands-on workshops to teach women home maintenance and repair skills. “We offer women an opportunity to learn skills to develop self sufficiency, to become empowered through learning and to gain a renewed sense of confidence in their abilities,” Judy says. “And we offer a safe, comfortable and supportive environment in which to learn.”

Judy became a Certified Home Inspector with Pillar to Post in late 2008. Her home inspection services focus on supporting home buyers, sellers and owners by providing a thorough, professional and unbiased evaluation of all accessible systems and components of a home.

All classes are held in a charming 1914 brick bungalow located at 47 W Alameda Ave just ½ block west of Broadway.

47 W Alameda Ave
Denver, CO 80223
303-284-6354
mail@workshopforwomen.com

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