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The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to Oklahoma small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). This funding will be provided by the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act that was recently signed by President Trump. To qualify for the program, the state must submit documentation …
I want to invite you to visit the Shawnee Forward homepage to find links to information regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic, Small Business Administration resources, Oklahoma State Department of Health COVID-19 site, and a link to the Oklahoma State Department of Commerce’s “Oklahoma Small Business Disaster Injury Report Form.” Additionally, I have added a business listing form for our local restaurants …
We aren’t sure if we were just fearless this past week as we drove deep into the heart of Texas to look at a new housing concept, or based upon the current pandemic, if we had totally lost our minds and were tempting fate. Either way, we joined others in our community who decided it was something we all wished …
Our little center of quite a lot is getting ready to really, REALLY grow a lot… And how do we know that? It’s not from reading tea leaves, or a crystal ball. We didn’t discover that information in a fortune cookie, overhear it at the coffee shop or see it in a horoscope… We figured this BIG secret …
For some the idea of economic development is only about growing the economy, and little more. While that thought is at the core of what an economic developer does, there is much more to what economic development affects in a community. To those who are struggling to make ends meet, economic development can mean a better paying job and more …
Every person in the state of Oklahoma, no matter their age, gender, race, ethnicity, is worth $1,675.00 a year, every year, for the next ten years. This funding is tied to Census numbers collected every decade and it is astounding how much each one of us counts for our community. So you will be totally aware, the 2020 Census …
Join us in celebrating The Garage Burgers and Beer as the Member of the Month with Shawnee Forward on Friday, March 13, 2020 at 4:00pm. We w
In a world of global competition, we need to show any prospect that we are much more than a bunch of stand-alone communities, who compete with each other, and that we can provide more resources as a region than what each community has to offer individually. So EXACTLY what does that mean? Our county has a population of over 72,000 …
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At our recent OKC Regional Partnership meeting, we also covered the top three areas of what we were going to do and what we could use to grow our opportunities. Those three key areas were: Increased business recruitment efforts among all of those who wish to participate. The realization that we have a talent pool in this region that others …