MAKING AN EVENT It all began with her dream of planning beautiful events. Now Pamela Fulton Broadus runs a full-service event planning company. Pamela, who had spent many years in the corporate world, was about to give up on her dream when she received a lucky break from a friend who was on the Kentucky Derby Festival Committee and knew one of the event planners. “My friend said, ‘I contacted her and she’s agreed to meet with you.’” Pamela’s dream was about to become real. That contact brought about various introductions to established event planners in Louisville. In 2010, she took a leap of faith and held a kick-off party at the Sawyer Hayes Community Center. “We did this amazing showcase,” Pamela remembers. “I put out a press release, plus I just started contacting places, telling them that we were a new event company [called Splendid Events] and we’d love to have you participate and bring your services — and they came.” Participants included a valet parking company, The Louisville Chocolate Fountain, Ladyfingers Catering, John Conti Coffee, Chick-fil-a, and Musselman Hotels. “It was just a fabulous event,” Pamela says. “We had about 200 people show up. It gives me chills even now to think about it. I had no clue, really, what I was doing. God blessed it.”
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May 2019 / TodaysWomanNow.com