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"If somebody's really looking for a job, they might have to search a little bit depending on their qualifications and skills, but the fact of the matter is, there's jobs out there for folks in Lubbock Texas," Eddie said.

"The program that Tech has developed, I really do honestly think, is a no-brainer, and I think it's one of the biggest projects that Texas Tech has had in quite some time," McBride said.

"Our role in this is to do what we can to make people understand how important small business is to our community and communities across America," Eddie explained.

Lubbock Chamber of Commerce's Eddie McBride on The Chad Hasty Show talking about Texas Chamber of Commerce Week.

Are you hungry for some BBQ?

KFYO News & Operations Director, Rob Snyder, has been named an award recipient of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and the Young Professionals of Lubbock 2018 Twenty Under Forty list.

The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce will hold a reception for former Texas Tech University System Chancellor Robert L. Duncan on November 1st. It will be Duncan's first public appearance since leaving Texas Tech.

"It's our ability to put on an event that celebrates three of the things that I like most, and that's a little bit of libation, very good BBQ and music," Eddie explained.

"It's a program for kids eleven to eighteen years of age. It's a thirty week program where we turn students into CEOs of their very own company," Marquez explained.

"It's going to be able to just expand beyond what we currently have and be able to be offered to folks that is going to save them money. It's going to be able to provide them some coverages that they might not have had under the ACA, but it is something we feel is very important to o…