Topic: OKC Biz
Sales & Marketing - 07.15.2011
PR firm donates to two nonprofits
Saxum gives grants to Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and the Tulsa-based Community Action Project
by Dylan Smith
In its third year awarding a communications grant to a nonprofit, Oklahoma City-based Saxum upped its donation to include two groups this year. Read more
Economy - 07.22.2011
Chesapeake secures arena naming rights
Thunder to play in 'Chesapeake Energy Arena' for the next 12 years
The energy company has partnered with the Oklahoma City
Thunder for the naming rights to the downtown arena where the team plays its
games. Read more
Tourism - 07.26.2011
Management company takes over downtown Sheraton
Raleigh-Durham, N.C.-based hotel management company Concord Hospitality
has signed a contract to manage the 395-room Sheraton Oklahoma City, One
N. Broadway, company officials reported July 25. Read more
News Article - 08.01.2011
Squares, curves and triangles
Despite interest from national high-end retailers, until a suitable lifestyle center is built, they won’t come
Anyone
listening carefully in May likely could have heard a collective
“Hurrah!” from women around the metro when Anthropologie sent word that
it was coming to town. But with the news of the 10,000-square-foot store
was something a little unexpected: When it opens in February, it won’t
be coming to a mall near you. Read more
News Article - 08.01.2011
Whatever happened to that?!?
In the Oklahoma City metro area and its surrounding communities, many
development projects have been planned, talked about or reported as
forthcoming. Read more
News Article - 08.01.2011
Art advocates
Group forms the the state’s first nonprofit advocacy agency for public funding of the arts, arts education and culture
Kym Koch Thompson knows not
everyone living in Oklahoma has a passion for the arts, but she is
hoping they have a passion for economic improvement. Read more
Human Resources - 08.01.2011
Compensation station
Symposium set to address numerous workers’ compensation issues
In 2010, employers were
forced by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay a staggering $6.5 million
in back wages to more than 5,000 employees, a wide jump from the $2.6
million paid to 2,190 employees just a year earlier. Class-action
lawsuits against employers by independent contractors also increased in
2010 by 50%. Read more
News Article - 08.01.2011
Critical mass
Bioscience industry looks for next breakthrough
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A $6.7 billion economic impact. Some 51,000
jobs spread over an 11-county Central Oklahoma area. When it comes to
the economy, the bioscience industry has established itself as a major
player in the metro. Read more
Government - 07.26.2011
Convention center subcommittee wants $30 million to remain intact
Members of the MAPS 3 convention center subcommittee voiced their
objections July 26 to approve a plan for a $250 million convention
center, when members said voters were told it would be a $280 million
convention center. Read more
Transportation - 08.01.2011
Use it or lose it
Gaining nonstop service to a new destination is one thing, but keeping it is altogether another
In 2000, officials at Will
Rogers World Airport ramped up efforts to add nonstop flights from
Oklahoma City to destinations on the East Coast, the West Coast and key
points in between. Starting with nonstop service to Minneapolis-St. Paul
in 2001, the airport has added a number of nonstop flights — including
Newark, N.J., and Los Angeles — but lost a few along the way. Read more
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