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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 …
Many of you may not know that our organization is a member of a ten-county association called the Oklahoma City Regional Partnership. This partnership is comprised of Economic Development or Chamber of Commerce organizations, Cities, Counties, Utility companies and other entities that undertake the professional economic development activities in their respective communities or regions. One of the key benefits …
This past week we were able to arrange a tour for a prospect of ours of the Robert M. Kerr, Food and Ag Product Center on the campus of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. This isn’t the first time we have toured that facility with a prospect, and we are fairly certain it will not be the last. For …
All Oklahoman’s win with an accurate and complete Census count. The more people counted means more money and power for Oklahoma residents at home and in Washington. Oklahoma stands to lose $1,675 per person per year of federal funding to support programs that use Census data. That is $16,750.00 per person over ten years. Census data are used by public …
In the 2010, there were a large number of children with complicated and/or intricate living conditions, those living with grandparents or family other than their mom or dad and even children living between two households who were not counted and were missed in the 2010 Census. To give you a perspective on what that means, if 1,000 kids are missed, …
This past week, a Resolution was passed in the Chambers of the House of Representatives that did not gain a lot of attention, but for some it was a really big deal, and a step in the right direction. HCR 1012 passed with unanimous consent and that Resolution, or at least a form of it, is in the hands of …
In the business of doing the business of economic development, every now and then we have something unexpected take place. Sometimes those surprises are good and sometimes those surprises are not so good. This past week we had a good surprise. A Site Selector who we had met a long time ago, paid us a visit along with a good …
February is beginning to shape up as a month-long series of meetings, intermingled with everything else that is on our To Do list. Or in other words, it’s going to be a fairly normal. In a world that is more interested in explaining what we got done, rather than how busy we are, here are the highlights of what …
There is an old saying that rust never sleeps. And the same can be said of data, as it is always changing and if you’re in the business of facts, like we are, that data always needs to be reviewed, updated and modified in some manner to be as relevant and factual as possible. In our world of economic development, …
Just in case you thought we were simply all about dollars and cents and growing the economy, (truth be known that is REALLY what we are all about), we wanted you to know that we are more than a one trick pony. Over the last 30 days, in the midst of everything else going on in our crazy and busy …