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Register for a free small business development seminar held during the Fall 2021 schedule today! Please call the SBDC at 409-984-6531 with any registration questions.
The Lamar State College - Port Arthur Small Business Development Center is offering Small Business Development seminars to help local business owners take part in the growth brought to Southeast Texas by local industry, including Golden Pass LNG export project.
The Lamar State College-Port Arthur SBDC is a business advising and training center of the University of Houston Texas Gulf Coast SBDC Network serving 32 counties in Southeast Texas. The SBDC program is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The Workforce Readiness initiative, launched in 2018, has held 49 Job Readiness Training workshops with a total attendance of 1,775 and created partnerships with multiple local schools and organizations to ensure that together, we create a bright future for this area.
Golden Pass LNG's Scholarship for Process Technology provides students with full tuition for process technology programs at Lamar Institute of Technology or Lamar State College - Port Arthur, as well as professional career counseling services. Students also get an inside look at a typical day for an LNG operator and multiple opportunities to engage with company employees.
In June 2019, Golden Pass LNG and CCZJV, the project’s Engineering, Procurement & Construction contractor, hosted a forum to talk about business opportunities, requirements, expectations and timing with local business owners.