Kevin Friesen | GrowEnid | Enid Regional Development Alliance

Enid’s pro-business culture insures long-term growth for local agency

Apr 21, 2020 | Success Stories

Since the Messer-Bowers agency started out selling insurance in 1924, it has diversified into risk management and financial services, opened two satellite offices and expanded to around 60 employees statewide. But Jay and his brother Don, the fifth generation of the...

Enid community perfect fit for fourth generation manufacturing company

Apr 21, 2020 | Success Stories

Despite the trend of many companies outsourcing overseas, PT — previously known as Parrish Manufacturing Group — takes pride in being a fourth-generation, family-owned business rooted in Enid. PT began its journey in 1951 as a machine shop in a chicken house,...

For small business owner, Enid offers ideal environment to thrive

Apr 21, 2020 | Success Stories

Before settling in Enid, Weber Player lived in the Vail Valley of Colorado and near Asheville, N.C. “For me, Enid has proven to be every bit the place for economic opportunities and personal and professional growth as any of the three,” he says. His wife Molly, an...