According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city of Newcastle is the fastest-growing city in the Oklahoma City region over the last two years.
Professional’s Choice, a leader in equine sports medicine products, has announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from Southern California to Oklahoma City.
For the month of July, Oklahoma City had an unemployment rate of just 2.8%. This represented the 8th-lowest unemployment rate in the U.S. for metros with more than one million people.
Oklahoma City’s film industry is booming, thanks in large part to a film incentive program the city created last year to help lure filmmakers to Oklahoma City. City officials say the local film industry is "going to the next level" because of the incentive program.
According to a recent study by Tourism Economics, Oklahoma City experienced a staggering $4.3 billion economic impact from tourism in 2022. Those figures included expenditures made by visitors attending various sporting events around the city.
Oklahoma City's fiscal year 2024 is off to an impressive start, as revealed by the August sales and use tax report. The report, which combines collections from the last half of June and estimated collections from the first half of July, offers a promising outlook for the city's financial health.
After leading the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for more than four years, Brent Kisling stepped down in June to pursue new endeavors. Before the appointment from Gov. Kevin Stitt, Kisling served as executive director of the Enid Regional Development Alliance and state director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Program.
A new report from Price Edwards & Co. highlights the resiliency of the Oklahoma City retail industry. The mid-year retail report paints a vivid picture of the current state of the retail industry, both on a national and local scale.
