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DOVER \u2014 Lieutenant Governor Kyle Evans Gay completed a series of meetings with almost 100 small business owners from New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties during a one-week period, focusing on discovering fresh opportunities for businesses from different sectors to work together in strengthening Delaware’s economic landscape and local communities.<\/p>

The lieutenant governor’s office announced the completion of these statewide business discussions, which aimed at fostering collaboration between various industries to benefit both Delaware’s overall economy and individual communities throughout the First State.<\/p>

During these conversations with business leaders from all corners of Delaware, Gay explored ways to encourage partnerships across different business sectors that could lead to stronger economic growth and enhanced community development initiatives.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lieutenant Governor Kyle Evans Gay conducted meetings with almost 100 small business owners throughout Delaware’s three counties over the course of one week. The sessions focused on finding new ways for different business sectors to work together to boost the state’s economy and strengthen local communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":41263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[834,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774286536054.png?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-aJy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30834,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/state-leaders-visit-first-state-classrooms-for-annual-302-day-celebration\/","url_meta":{"origin":41264,"position":0},"title":"State Leaders Visit First State Classrooms for Annual 302 Day Celebration","author":"Admin","date":"March 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Lieutenant Governor Kyle Evans Gay and Education Secretary Cindy Marten marked 302 Day by touring elementary schools across four Delaware districts. 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