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Brookshire Council approves three‑day small‑business boot camp, EDC to fund program
Summary
Prairie View extension agent Erica Jones presented a condensed three‑day small‑business boot camp focused on business planning, procurement and bid readiness; the council approved the program and authorized the Economic Development Corporation to fund it.
Erica Jones, a community economic development agent with Prairie View Cooperative Extension, proposed a condensed three‑day small‑business boot camp for Brookshire to teach strategic planning, marketing, bid writing, access to capital and procurement strategies aimed at helping local firms compete for regional contracts. Jones told council the program compresses a typical nine‑week…
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