In this month’s Leadership Notes, Chamber President and CEO Christy Gillenwater highlights a major announcement from Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt during the Chamber’s State of the City event: by the end of the summer, city officials will finalize an agreement with the Thunder for a new arena.
Venture capital firm gener8tor, sponsored by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, is looking for early-stage startups to participate in upcoming cohort opportunities.
The 300,000-square-foot facility will be located at OKC Logistics Park, an industrial space in southwest Oklahoma City encompassing 1.6 million square feet. Sam’s Club plans to make a $40 million capital investment to open the facility.
Minority-owned businesses in Oklahoma City have access to a new free assistance program to help them compete for corporate and government contracts.
The president and chief executive officer of Oklahoma City’s thriving Innovation District has stepped down and current board member Cathy O’Connor was named interim president and CEO.
Oklahoma City has seen an uptick in new retail businesses, thanks in large part to OKC’s location, its growing population and low cost of living. Developers are taking notice.
The campaign, organized by ISA in partnership with 38 local organizations, including the Greater OKC Chamber, Oklahoma Main Street Center and Downtown OKC Partnership, has more than 300 local businesses participating in the celebrations with in-store events, discounts and more.
July is the slowest shopping month for small businesses. It’s for that reason the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, through its “Stand Tall, Shop Small for OKC” campaign, is urging people to purchase from local small businesses as much as possible.
