The West Texas Innovation Network (WTIN) is a regional collaborative with a mission to increase entrepreneurial activity and enhance the resources and training available to aspiring entrepreneurs in the Big Country.  WTIN will provide training opportunities to identify and cultivate the region’s entrepreneurial spirit and talent.  WTIN was launched in Summer 2011 with the help of various regional supporters as well as a grant from the Texas Workforce Commission.  The program coordinators include Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas, Texas Tech Small Business Development Center, and the Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy at Abilene Christian University.  Please contact one of the program coordinators for more information.

Program Coordinators:

Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas
400 Oak Street
Abilene, Texas 79602
Phone: (800) 457-5633

http://www.workforcesystem.org

Texas Tech Small Business Development Center of Abilene
500 Chestnut, Suite 601
Abilene, Texas 79602
Phone: (325) 670-0300

http://www.ttusbdc.org/abilene

Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy
Abilene Christian University
140 Mabee Business Building
ACU Box 29300
Abilene, Texas 79699-9300
Phone: (325) 674-2000
www.acu.edu/griggs-center

Regional Supporters:

Dodge Jones Foundation

Dian Graves Owen Foundation

Development Corporation of Abilene

Brownwood Economic Development Corporation

Sweetwater Enterprise for Economic Development