{"id":1156,"date":"2026-02-18T16:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chesterfieldeconomicdevelopment.com\/learn\/?page_id=1156"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:05:34","slug":"2026-national-small-business-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chesterfieldeconomicdevelopment.com\/learn\/2026-national-small-business-week\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 National Small Business Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-20qhrs-04b45308a8b4b14b148e4f7270a2b4af\">\n.avia-section.av-20qhrs-04b45308a8b4b14b148e4f7270a2b4af{\nbackground-color:#fcfcfc;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-20qhrs-04b45308a8b4b14b148e4f7270a2b4af main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div 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itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Friday, May 8, 2026<br \/>\n<\/b>Session One: 8:30 AM \u2013 10:00 AM<br \/>\nSession Two: 10:30 AM \u2013 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_2'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1156'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-l5jv7-e22bccebaebd3f90b00d1ea45aa0165b av_one_half  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1mwyi8-2ceb1fb0f0e178e2129f59b1861e427b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>AGENDA 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