Northwest Texas APEX

06/15/2026

Our offices will be closed in observance of ⛓️‍💥Emancipation Day on Friday, June 19th. We will resume our regular schedule on Monday, June 22nd.

Also known as Juneteenth, June 19th commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.

06/14/2026

CLAIM YOUR SPOT! 🔴🟡🟢
Get federal contracting-ready with tips from Adam Austin, Co-Founder, Cybersecurity Lead, and CTO of Totem Technologies.

ALL federal contractors MUST implement basic cybersecurity requirements in the internal IT systems that process federal contract-related data. With the current threat environment, you should WANT to anyway!

In this Govology webinar, Adam will explain these requirements in layperson’s terms, outline common implementation challenges, and share resources to help you navigate the cybersecurity landscape.

Get the code and sign up today!

06/09/2026

Our team is meeting with a great group at the Doing Business with Texas Department of Transportation - Odessa District event today!

These events help small business vendors connect in person with TxDOT procurement teams and heavy highway construction engineers and personnel. Vendors learn about upcoming projects, the letting process, how to find opportunities and resources, as well as meet face-to-face with prime contractors who perform work in the district.

Watch for more TxDOT events across our territory. Special thanks to Brenda Ugarte with the Civil Rights Division team for inviting us to attend!

If you would like help finding contract opportunities or preparing your business to work with TxDOT, let us or the TxDOT Civil Rights Division team know. We're here to help you be successful!

06/08/2026

Let’s turn those handshakes into contracts! 🤝 Discover what events are happening in your area or virtually this month by checking out the Events tab on our website.

06/05/2026

ATTENTION! Today is the day to register for the Dyess Air Force Base Industry Day at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas!

Learn how you can do business with the 7th Contracting Squadron and the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for their new beddown project as well as their regular operations.

📅DATE: Tuesday, June 23, 2026

⏰TIME: Briefings 0900 to 1200; Networking 1300 to 1500

📍LOCATION: Houston-Lantrip Center, Hardin-Simmons University, 917 Lineberry Blvd, Abilene, TX

👉https://www.nwtapex.org/events

06/04/2026

You're invited to do business with the TxDOT El Paso District!

Join them for "Doing Business with TxDOT" by registering today. Connect with the engineers, construction & maintenance, prime contractors and other small business owners at this informative event. Learn about the letting process, how TxDOT does business, what certifications are available and MORE!

Use the QR code in the flyer to register before June 9th or click on the Learn More button for the event on our website Events tab.

Texas Department of Transportation

06/03/2026

Interested in some engineering assistance for your small business? Learn how the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP) can help you get your innovative idea from drawing on a dinner napkin to marketable product!

SATOP provides technical assistance to small businesses and start-ups in Texas at NO COST. This assistance helps create new jobs, new products for the marketplace and stimulates the economy.

Learn more at this webinar, co-hosted by America's SBDC at WTAMU.

SATOP will go over ways they can help small businesses here in the Texas Panhandle! For the development of innovative products, SATOP provides FREE technical assistance to small businesses, start-ups, and entrepreneurs located in Texas. This assistance in turn helps create new jobs, new products for the market, and stimulates the economy.

📆 Wednesday, June 10th | NOON - 1PM
📍 Online
📱https://buff.ly/fW7PqK2

05/28/2026

Ready to LEVEL UP in your business?

You're invited to Small Business Leadership Academy hosted by the Texas Tech University Institute for Small Business in partnership with the Helen Jones Foundation. This 6-session virtual cohort features dynamic instructors who will help you strengthen your business's financial controls, streamline and systemize tasks, grow your marketing reach, and MORE!

To learn more or apply, visit sbLeadershipAcademy.com or reach out to Carla Holland at (806) 745-3973.

05/27/2026

You're invited to do business with the TxDOT Odessa District!

Join us for "Doing Business with TxDOT" by registering today. Connect with the engineers, construction & maintenance, prime contractors and other small business owners at this informative event. Learn about the letting process, how TxDOT does business, what certifications are available and MORE!

Use the QR code in the flyer to register or click on the Learn More button for the event on our website Events tab.

05/25/2026

Memorial Day 2026

Honoring ALL veterans in eternal rest, because not every veteran has flowers or flags on their grave this weekend.

This Memorial Day weekend let’s take time to remember the veterans who are no longer with us, especially those resting in small rural cemeteries, mostly forgotten family plots, or graves without markers, names, or visitors.

Some no longer have descendants alive who were even born during their lifetime. Yet their service, courage, and sacrifice still helped shape the freedoms we enjoy today.

Memorial Day is not only about mourning loss. It is also about honoring lives of extraordinary courage, character, and sacrifice. Their stories may fade with time, but the values they stood for shall never fade with them.

Today, we remember them not as forgotten graves… but as Americans with exceptional courage and unwavering values, whose sacrifices transcend generations.

The NW Texas APEX Staff