Catch the latest Enid news and economic development announcements, including business expansions, partnerships, and community milestones.
Sugar High immerses visitors in different world
Art is sometimes more than a simple visual experience. Sometimes it is immersive: it uses smell, sound and enhanced visual effects to take you to another world. In the case of Sugar High, it is a world where human beings survive on instant gratification, and sugar is an essential element of life. Bright colors and the smell of butterscotch immediately greet visitors inside the PJ’s building at Washington and Maple, which has been transformed into [...]
A First Impression – Vance impacts families, airmen, and the community
ENID, Okla. — Vance Air Force Base is the first stop in the Air Force for many of its personnel who come here, said Col. Jay A. Johnson, commander of the 71st Flying Training Wing. It’s their first stop on a journey to become Air Force pilots and really their first exposure to the Air Force. The majority of students at Vance are second lieutenants, so they have just been commissioned through the Air Force Academy, [...]
Vance, Woodring Regional Airport Cooperation ‘what right looks like’
ENID, Okla. — Enid Woodring Regional Airport often is referred to as Vance Air Force Base East for a reason. The airport is used extensively by the Air Force for a number of projects. Col. Jay Johnson, 71st Flying Training wing commander, said the base and the community have a strong relationship. “In my 23 years in the Air Force, I’ve never seen a local community put the resources into a regional airport that benefit us [...]
Enid businesses receive MicroEnterprise Grants
Enid Regional Development Alliance has announced its two newest MicroEnterprise Grant recipients. EH Metal Works and Preston’s Cycle & ATV are the third annual MicroEnterprise Grant recipients, receiving $10,000 each. The $10,000 awards are funded by Community Development Block Grant money and through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with a $10,000 match from ERDA. ERDA received a total of 15 applications from small businesses in Enid. EH Metal Works is owned by Emme [...]
Dillingham Insurance, NOC recognized for longtime state higher ed partnership
An Enid business recently was honored for its decades of contributions to higher education and economic development with Northern Oklahoma College. The partnership between NOC and Dillingham Insurance was among 27 business and higher education partnerships throughout the state recognized by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Dillingham Insurance and NOC jointly received the Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award, which included an economic development grant, at an event honoring the dozens of partnership last [...]
Oklahoma Communities Receive Funding to Increase Economic Development Opportunities
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce (Commerce) recently announced that 28 communities were selected to receive funding to support the development of 28 new industrial sites to market. In November, Commerce announced plans to use a portion of a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for local economic development organizations (EDOs) or consortiums of EDOs for site and infrastructure evaluations. During the application period (Dec. 1, 2021, – Jan. 7, 2022), Commerce received applications [...]
