President Biden announced the Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster as one of 21 winners of the $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge, the most impactful regional economic development competition in decades.
The Chamber’s Economic Development staff is on a constant mission to grow existing industries, recruit new companies and develop an active entrepreneurial environment, with the goal of creating quality jobs and a diverse economy for the region; in other words, bring new investment to the city.
Nearly 300 young professionals from 35 companies from across the metro came together in person this summer for InternOKC, a program of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber designed to help interns develop the soft skills they need for today’s workplace.
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University ranked Oklahoma No. 1 in a study of all 50 states in their readiness for drone commerce.
The Oklahoma City Council recently gave approval for an Austin, Texas-based robotics manufacturer to continue its quest to seek funding from an OKC business incentive program to expand its operations to Oklahoma City and serve both commercial and military customers more efficiently and effectively throughout the state and region.
Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law last week legislation naming the American Quarter Horse as the state's official horse.
For June, the Oklahoma City MSA saw an unemployment rate of just 3.2%.
Officials are preparing to host the International Economic Development Council’s annual meeting and conference, which brings together economic developers and corporate real estate executives from all over the globe for training, presentations, networking and more – and gives the host city a chance to showcase their city and state to an influential group of attendees when it comes to facilitating business expansion and job creation.
