{"id":290090,"date":"2025-11-17T09:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/290090\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:26:07","slug":"dickinson-co-organization-launching-networking-events-for-business-owners-entrepreneurs-and-community-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/290090\/","title":{"rendered":"Dickinson Co. organization launching networking events for business owners, entrepreneurs and community leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto w-full sm:w-full md:w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762883487398.png\" alt=\"Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation Courtesy image\"\/>Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation Courtesy image<\/p>\n<p>Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation<\/p>\n<p>DICKINSON COUNTY &#8211; Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation (DKEDC) is launching The Morning Drive, a county-wide, drop-in networking event held on the first Tuesday of every month from 8:00\u20139:00 a.m. <\/p>\n<p>The series is designed to spark community connection over coffee\u2014bringing together business owners, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and anyone curious about what\u2019s happening across Dickinson County.<\/p>\n<p>DKEDC will bring the coffee and \u201cyummy\u201d breakfast pastries to a different host business each month, creating a casual space to share updates, swap ideas, and build relationships that move the county forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Morning Drive is simple on purpose\u2014show up, grab a cup, make a connection,\u201d said Natalie Muruato, CEO of DKEDC. \u201cWhen people talk, collaborate, and encourage one another, good things follow for our businesses and our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming Dates &amp; Locations<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Tuesday, December 2, 2025 \u2014 Abilene &amp; Smoky Valley Railroad 200 SE 5th St, Abilene | 8:00\u20139:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Tuesday, January 6, 2026 \u2014 Almost Home Realty 109 S Buckeye, Abilene | 8:00\u20139:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Tuesday, February 3, 2026 \u2014 TCT Telecommunications 120 NE 14th Street, Abilene | 8:00\u20139:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Who should attend: <\/p>\n<p>Business owners and managers, non-profit leaders, entrepreneurs, remote workers, community champions, and anyone interested in learning more about local opportunities. No RSVP required\u2014bring a colleague and a stack of business cards.<\/p>\n<p>DKEDC is scheduling locations across Dickisnon County. Businesses interested in hosting can contact DKEDC to be added to the rotating lineup.<\/p>\n<p>About Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation (DKEDC) <\/p>\n<p>DKEDC connects people, ideas, and resources to Drive Dickinson County Forward\u2014supporting business retention and expansion, entrepreneurship, workforce solutions, and community vitality through county-wide collab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation Courtesy image Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation DICKINSON COUNTY &#8211; Dickinson County Economic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[64,63,99,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-290090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-entrepreneurship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}