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Inside OKC / October 14, 2024

Leadership Notes: Businesses can help shape a stronger OKC

In this month's Leadership Notes, Chamber President and CEO Christy Gillenwater emphasizes the crucial role businesses play in encouraging voter participation, stressing that a more engaged electorate leads to better outcomes for both the community and the economy.

By Christy Gillenwater
Inside OKC / September 2, 2024

Leadership Notes: Hotel motel tax to increase OKC's global appeal

In this month's Leadership Notes, Chamber President and CEO Christy Gillenwater celebrates the recent vote to increase Oklahoma City's hotel-motel tax, highlighting how this critical decision will bolster the city’s reputation as a premier destination for tourism, conventions and major events, ensuring continued growth and success.

By Christy Gillenwater
Inside OKC / August 12, 2024

Leadership Notes: Your vote is your voice on Aug. 27

In this month's Leadership Notes, Chamber President and CEO Christy Gillenwater highlights Oklahoma City's ongoing growth and success, encouraging voters to support the proposed hotel-motel tax increase on August 27 to help boost the city's image, attract more visitors and drive economic development.

By Christy Gillenwater
Inside OKC / July 8, 2024

Leadership Notes: Growing our industries key to economy

In this month's Leadership Notes, Chamber President and CEO Christy Gillenwater discusses the relaunch of Life Science Oklahoma, a key initiative to drive the growth of the state’s life science industry, and the Chamber’s role in its success through the Build Back Better Federal grant program.

By Christy Gillenwater
VeloCity Q&A / March 16, 2022
Dr. Andew Weyrich
President,
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
We were attracted to OMRF and Oklahoma City because of the people in Oklahoma and the opportunities here.
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