Gov. Abbott’s Small Business Summit coming to town Thursday [Video]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Small businesses have long been vital to the Texas economy and helping them grow only strengthens a community. That has certainly been the case in Corpus Christi and is why the city is now partnering with the state to give small business a big boost.

Each month, Gov. Greg Abbott selects a region of the state to work with his office and the Texas Workforce Commission in holding a Small Business Summit.

Corpus Christi gets the nod on April 18.

Joe Escobar, Senior Management Analyst with the Corpus Christi Office of Economic Development, told 3NEWS the number of small business has grown locally.

“That’s the new trend, and something that we’re starting to see in Corpus Christi is more of the entrepreneurial spirit, people wanting to start their own …