Catch the latest Enid news and economic development announcements, including business expansions, partnerships, and community milestones.
Census Results Opens Doors for More Economic Growth
The 2020 U.S. Census population numbers were released recently showing a 3.9% increase in Enid, putting us nicely over the 50,000 mark at 51,308. Passing the threshold of 50,000 people classifies Enid as a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and as the ninth-largest city in the state, just behind Midwest City. Enid remains the largest population center north of I-40 and west of I-35 and serves a trade area of over 150,000 people who shop, receive [...]
Groendyke named Inbound Logistics Top 100 Trucker
Inbound Logistics has named Groendyke Transport as a 2021 Top 100 Trucker. With headquarters in Enid, Groendyke Transport is one of the largest tank truck carriers in the nation with 40 locations nationwide servicing the United States, Canada and Mexico. Groendyke also is the only eight-time winner of National Tank Truck Carriers North American Safety Champion Award for best safety record and program in the nation, most recently won for safety efforts in 2016 and [...]
Select Oklahoma Launches New Website
OKLAHOMA – Select Oklahoma is excited to announce the launch of our organization’s new website www.selectoklahoma.us . The goal for the new website is provide information about the organization, as well as guiding new business opportunities to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for location and expansion assistance. The site is a clearinghouse of information identifying members, leadership, education opportunities, and events supported by the organization. Select Oklahoma an Economic Development Partnership, Inc. was formed February 2021. The new organization merged the Oklahoma Professional Economic Development [...]
Vance piloting new training program
Vance Air Force Base continues to be a small base with global impact. As Vance turns out hundreds of pilots per year, base leaders remain loyal to their mission to deliver the world’s best pilots. Col. Jay A. Johnson, 71st Flying Training Wing commander at Vance, spoke to Enid Rotary Club members Monday, detailing the ways in which Vance remains the same and is changing, for the better. “I can look you straight in the [...]
Maverick wind farm now serving PSO customers
TULSA, OK, Sept. 10, 2021 – The second of three new wind facilities serving Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) customers has begun commercial operation. Located southwest of Enid, the 287-megawatt (MW) Maverick facility is part of the 1,485-MW North Central Energy Facilities (NCEF) project. “PSO customers expect clean, renewable energy to be a growing part of our energy portfolio, and we are listening,” said Peggy Simmons, PSO president and chief operating officer. “Wind generation [...]
Used bookstore to reopen at new downtown location
Old Soul Used and Antique Books moving into a larger space was bound to happen at some point. But owners Jim and Katrina Maughn had no idea they’d be expanding their used bookstore within two months of opening nearby. “We were just outgrowing it,” Katrina said. “Everybody was bringing us all these books, but we had no way of getting them out to the public. ... We were literally bursting at the seams.” The store first [...]
