Plans are in the works for an innovation district in northeast Oklahoma City that offers tremendous upside in the long term. Roy Williams, president of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, provides this simple example of its potential benefits: A symposium not long ago included a presentation...
With a “transition” underway in older industries including energy, a consortium of public and private leaders in the city’s technology, aviation, health and bioscience sectors are pushing a plan to turn the Oklahoma Health Center into an economic engine to drive future growth. A two-year study...
From areadevelopment.com: Prosperous innovation districts have diversified economies and are integrated into the fabric of a community, drawing workers who seek out such environments and the companies that are trying to attract them. Read More>>...
From prisimpub.com: The definition of work has rapidly changed over the past few years. More companies are embracing a flexible work model, and the line between work and play has increasingly blurred as technology allows employees to be available 24/7. This shift in perspective has...
The steel structure for Heartland is going up rapidly and I didn't fully appreciate how much this will transform the downtown skyline. Heartland is the U.S. payments and payroll division for Global Payments and is set to employ about 400 when the new seven-story headquarters...
Wallet Hub In order to help aspiring entrepreneurs — from restaurant owners to high-tech movers and shakers — maximize their chances for long-term prosperity, WalletHub compared the relative startup opportunities that exist in 100 U.S. cities. We did so using 19 key metrics, ranging from five-year...
From Greater Oklahoma City Chamber publications: The traditional landscape of innovation for most of the 20th century was inaccessible – with major companies operating in remote office parks that were isolated from other commercial, housing or retail developments. However, the geography of innovation is returning to...
From Greater Oklahoma City Chamber publications: Oklahoma City is the focus of a new study that will take a close look at its emerging innovation district and offer ways to turn it into a destination center where collaboration and innovation can flourish, those who attended the...
The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) featured Joyce Burch with the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber discussing the latest news about the innovation district and about recent events involving the city's biosciences and entrepreneurial communities. Listen to the interview. Read the transcript....
The Oklahoman By Scott Meacham For the Oklahoman There's a grassroots trend afoot in entrepreneurship that's really gaining steam. I'm going to call it the Power of Place. That's why the vision of Oklahoma City as an innovation district is so exciting. Read More...
