{"id":427999,"date":"2026-10-14T22:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427999\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T22:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:20:07","slug":"tallahassee-small-businesses-explore-growth-and-contracting-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427999\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee small businesses explore growth and contracting opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) \u2014 Getting a contract with a government agency or large institution can create new opportunities for small businesses, but business owners first need to know where to find those opportunities and how to compete for them.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH FULL REPORT BELOW:<\/p>\n<p>Tallahassee small businesses explore growth and contracting opportunities<\/p>\n<p>The Big Bend Enterprise Development Week is bringing resources and opportunities to local entrepreneurs. <\/p>\n<p>One part of that effort is the Business Exchange, which connects business owners with government agencies and information about procurement opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>LaTanya Raffington, chair of the Big Bend Enterprise Development Week, says access to capital and loans can be challenges for small business owners.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange gives entrepreneurs an opportunity to ask questions one-on-one and learn about resources that could help them move their businesses forward.<\/p>\n<p>Raffington says 11 exhibitors will be on hand to discuss procurement opportunities and upcoming bids, giving business owners a chance to learn more about potential contracts and the process of competing for them.<\/p>\n<p>The Small Business Exchange takes place Thursday, October 15, at the Augustus B. Turnbull Conference Center in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more local news? Visit the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTXL ABC 27 Website. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in touch with us anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WTXLABC27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wtxlabc27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram <\/a>and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abc27\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) \u2014 Getting a contract with a government agency or large institution can create new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[242,509,68412,232,234,233,562],"class_list":["post-427999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-abc-27","tag-big-bend","tag-downtown-tallahasse","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-wtxl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}