Claremore, Oklahoma Industrial & Economic Development Authority

Communities benefit from development

webstaff — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:04:28 +0000

Economic developer Mickey Thompson told Rotary Club of Claremore members Tuesday about the opportunities for economic development in Claremore and Rogers County.

Pelco Contracts with Texas to be supplier of traffic signal poles and mast.

webstaff — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:55:59 +0000

Under the terms of the contract, the company’s products will be available to all state agencies and more than 1900 cooperative members in the state of Texas through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Online Ordering System, TxSmartBuy.

Read more from this Claremore Progress article at Pelco

RCIDA Director Mickey Thompson assesses first year.

webstaff — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:48:34 +0000

CLAREMORE — One year ago, economic development specialist Mickey Thompson was hired as the new executive director for Rogers County Industrial Development Authority.

Read more from this Claremore Progress article at Mickey Thompson

EDA going soft? Rural developers fear emphasis on innovation and technology could mean a loss of funding.

webstaff — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:42:49 +0000

CLAREMORE — In the past, the U.S. Economic Development Authority supported efforts in rural areas like Rogers County and Claremore, providing funding for hard infrastructure improvements like access roads, rail spurs, sewer and water lines and more in order to attract business and industry.

Read more from this Claremore Progress article at EDA Going Soft?

CRC Partnership

Debi — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:48:19 +0000

We are announcing the new Claremore Rogers County Partnership.

Claremore firm Pelco wins contract for wind power poles

webstaff — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:08:58 +0000

Claremore’s Pelco Structural LLC has won the contract to design, build and supply the support poles for most of Clean Line Energy LLC’s 800-mile wind power transmission line from Oklahoma to Tennessee, the companies announced Tuesday.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=49&articleid=20110615_49_E1_ByRodW215589

Tulsa Metro Ranks High for Small Business Vitality

webstaff — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:52:30 +0000

Tulsa is No. 6 in the Nation for small business vitality, according to new rankings from The Business Journals. The publicaton annually ranks the 100 largest metropolitan areas according to a six-part fomular that looks at population, employment and small business growth.

Read more at the Tulsa Business Journal at: http://tulsabusiness.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=52565&TM=52769.04

Tulsa Metro Employment Outlook 2nd Best Nationally!

webstaff — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:24:46 +0000

The second-quarter employment outlook for the Tulsa metro area is tied for second best in the nation, according to results of the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=48&articleid=20110308_46_E1_Thesec511679

Tulsa Metro Near Top in GDP Growth

webstaff — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:37:51 +0000

The Tulsa and Oklahoma City areas were among the top 10 metros for growth based on their real gross domestic product in 2009, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=48&articleid=20110224_46_E1_TheTul756759

Tulsa area ranked 4th in jobs by Forbes!

webstaff — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:23:05 +0000

Next year will be a good one for jobs in Tulsa, according to Forbes.

The publication named Tulsa the fourth best city in the nation for jobs. Forbes released on its website the list of best and worst cities for jobs in 2011 based on a survey of 18,000 employers by employment services firm Manpower.

“Everything we hear points to a very positive upcoming year for job growth in Tulsa,” said Mike Neal, president and CEO of the Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce. “Despite the national recession, the Chamber has remained optimistic the Tulsa region would be one of the last areas to enter the economic downturn and one of the first areas to emerge. Rankings like this one from Forbes prove the Tulsa region has a diverse, resilient economy, and it remains a great place to work.” «

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