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New Enid meat company to build facility; county industrial park projects fully funded
A new local meat company intends to build a facility on the industrial park in eastern Enid once the city completes constructing a new access road and other infrastructure upgrades. Chisholm Trail Meats LLC’s owner and manager, Eldon Campbell, said 20 full-time jobs would be added over the next five years at the distribution and processing facility, to be located at the Garfield County Industrial Park on the southwest corner of 54th and Willow. Campbell said he [...]
Enterprise Grain Selected as Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program Recipient
On April 27, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce (Commerce) opened applications for the Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program (OIEP). Applications closed on Friday, May 7. During the application period, Commerce received 137 submissions requesting $24.7 million for projects. Of those applications, 108 projects received awards ranging from $25,000 to $150,000 with the total awards funding reaching $7.74 million. The funding will facilitate $49.6 million in projects. These companies plan to create 680 jobs with a total [...]
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Receives 2021 Women’s Choice Award® as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Emergency Care and Obstetrics
Enid, Oklahoma, April 20, 2021 – St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Emergency Care and Obstetrics by the Women’s Choice Award®, America’s trusted referral source for the best in healthcare. The award signifies that St. Mary’s is in the top 1 percent of 4,542 U.S. hospitals offering emergency care services and the hospital is in the top 6 percent of 4,542 hospitals offering obstetrics. “We are honored [...]
Real estate market ‘booms’ with low interest rates, lack of inventory
ENID, Okla. — In his nearly 30 years in the real estate business, Tom Andrew has never seen a housing market like the current one. Low interest rates, fewer homes on the market and houses selling quickly have made for an unusual time in the business, said Andrew, the broker and owner of Andrew Real Estate. “We’ve had times when the rate has gotten low, but we’ve never had an interest rate like this,” he said. [...]
Main Street Enid Awards First $10,000 Facade Grant with Help from History Makers, ERDA and Edward Jones
Main Street Enid is thrilled to announce that their first $10,000 Competitive Facade Renovation Reimbursement Grant has been awarded, with the help of History Maker donations and matching funds from Enid Regional Development Alliance and Edward Jones. For the last year, even through the pandemic, Alex Evers, owner of Family Martial Arts has been working hard on renovating his building's facade. Evers purchased the building in 2019 with the intention of bringing it back to [...]
Construction for new Greer Center begins with ground-breaking ceremony
ENID, Okla. — Ground officially was broken for the new Robert M. Greer Center on Friday afternoon, with multiple state and leaders present. “It’s definitely been a long project, but we’ve been thankful for the support of so many people involved with the project,” said Justin Brown, director of Oklahoma Department of Human Services and secretary of Human Services and Early Childhood Initiatives. “Ultimately, it came about because the prior buildings had been aging. ... We’re [...]
