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The Summer Workshop Series will include free lunchtime workshops in June, July, and August, leading up to the full-day WTX Small Business Summit on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.(Provided by SPAG)<\/p>\nProvided by South Plains Association of Governments<\/p>\n
LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) \u2013 The South Plains Association of Governments is kicking off its 2026 WTX Small Business Summit Summer Workshop Series with its first session.<\/p>\n
The Summer Workshop Series will include free lunchtime workshops in June, July, and August, leading up to the full-day WTX Small Business Summit on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.<\/p>\n
The Summer Workshop Series will include free lunchtime workshops in June, July, and August, leading up to the full-day WTX Small Business Summit on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.(Provided by SPAG)<\/p>\n
The June 5 workshop will focus on practical ways small businesses can begin using AI in day-to-day operations, including areas such as operations, sales, customer experience, decision-making, and workflow support. Upcoming workshops in the series will include Small Business Refinancing and Credit Repair.<\/p>\n
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The Summer Workshop Series will include free lunchtime workshops in June, July, and August, leading up to the full-day WTX Small Business Summit on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.(Provided by SPAG)<\/p>\n
These workshops will continue building toward the WTX Small Business Summit, which brings together small business owners, entrepreneurs, lenders, resource partners, and community organizations from across the South Plains region.<\/p>\n
The Summer Workshop Series is free to attend and held during lunchtime. Registration for these workshops is available at bit.ly\/4f35YNJ.<\/a> <\/p>\n Program Details<\/p>\n Friday, June 5, 2026<\/p>\n AI for Small Business: From Experimentation to Implementation<\/p>\n Hosted by: Amy Wood & Taylor Soucy<\/p>\n Thursday, July 9, 2026<\/p>\n Small Business Refinancing<\/p>\n Hosted by: Kelley Criswell & Chelsey Baldivia, Caprock Business Finance<\/p>\n Friday, August 7, 2026<\/p>\n Credit Repair: What Small Business Owners Need to Know<\/p>\n Hosted by: Chuck Edwards & Cassandra Rosas, America\u2019s SBDC \/ Rosas Financial Solutions<\/p>\n Thursday, October 1, 2026<\/p>\n WTX Small Business Summit \u2013 Full-day event at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center<\/p>\n About SPAG<\/p>\n The South Plains Association of Governments is a voluntary association of local governments in the 15-county South Plains region of Texas. One of 24 such organizations in Texas, SPAG is an independent political subdivision of the state and provides a wide range of services and programs to foster regional cooperation and strengthen local communities. More information: www.spag.org<\/a> .<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Provided by South Plains Association of Governments LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) \u2013 The South Plains Association of Governments…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-324834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}