August 2010
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grants expand economic DEVELOPMENT Three federal grants awarded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) will help to develop Greater Oklahoma City’s economy. The Greater Oklahoma i2E, the City of Oklahoma City and City Chamber is a the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments were awarded federal grants. partner with the City of Oklahoma City and others, leveraging these federal funds.
in working on these projects – the EDA and the City of Oklahoma City.”
“Receiving these grants is a statement of Greater Oklahoma City’s strength and ability to get things done,” said Roy H. Williams, Chamber President & CEO. “We have excellent partners
The City of Oklahoma City is also receiving an EDA grant to help analyze the long-term land needs for companies creating primary jobs.
i2E, a private, not-for-profit Oklahoma corporation focused on growing Oklahoma’s technology-based entrepreneurial economy, was awarded a $1 million federal grant from EDA. This grant will allow i2E to launch an executive-in-resident program while also expanding resources for other growth stage businesses. This grant will be matched with another $1 million collectively from the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, the City of Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, the Oklahoma Business Roundtable and Presbyterian Health Foundation.
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TRDC benefits businesses, volunteers The 2010 Total Resource Development Campaign (TRDC) is winding down. Since April, more than 100 TRDC volunteers have worked with Chamber ntley members to find ff; Bonnie Hedges, Be Shari Snyder, Keysta on, opportunities to market us rg Fe l Leaders; Becky Hedges Travel/Trave e th their businesses to st celebrate First United Bank & Tru . ss more than 4,500 campaign’s progre member companies – in addition to the public – through a variety of Chamber events and publications. While TRDC exists to benefit Chamber members, the volunteers certainly see rewards for their months of hard work. Lunch ‘n’ Learns allow volunteers to discover more about the Chamber’s
work and how local companies can benefit from Chamber marketing opportunities. Reward sessions were held weekly throughout the campaign to reward and motivate volunteers. On August 12, these hard-working volunteers will gather together once more to celebrate the end of the campaign with TRDC Victory event. Check out the September issue of The Point! as the Chamber reveals the grand total. Continued on Page 13 Pete Delaney, OGE Energy Corp.; Judy J. Hatfield, Equity Commercial Realty; LLC David Thompson, OPUBCO Communications Group; and John Richels, Devon Energy Corporation get the crowd involved.