Catch the latest Enid news and economic development announcements, including business expansions, partnerships, and community milestones.
Two Enid Manufacturing Companies Receive State Business Assistance Award
PT (Parrish Enterprises) and No Man’s Land Foods were recognized as two recipients of the Oklahoma Manufacturing Reboot Program. The Oklahoma Manufacturing Reboot Program was designed to assist Oklahoma manufacturers as they retool to develop new products and/or expand current capabilities. In the one week the application was available, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce received more than 300 applications. On May 7, Governor Kevin Stitt and the Department of Commerce awarded contracts to 30 Oklahoma [...]
ERDA Hosts National Economic Development Week Celebration – May 4-9, 2020
The Enid Regional Development Alliance is marking National Economic Development Week from May 4-9, 2020 to celebrate the contributions of positive economic development and explain the role of the profession in our local community. “The role of ERDA is to assure economic prosperity in Enid and the surrounding area. Throughout the past year, the ERDA staff and board have worked collaboratively with our city officials and members on business retention and recruitment, talent attraction, quality [...]
Customers ‘mob’ local businesses as part of Facebook initiative during pademic
ENID, Okla. — More than a couple hundred pizzas were cooked Wednesday for customers “mobbing” Brick Oven Pizzeria and Pub as part of a Facebook group supporting local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each Wednesday for the last month, members of the Facebook group Enid Cash Mob have ordered food from an Enid restaurant, then posted photos of themselves with the food on the group and their personal profiles. Previous weeks’ eateries people “cash mobbed” [...]
Enid Public Schools Prepared for Distance Learning with Technology Initiative
On April 6th, Enid Public Schools (EPS) made the transition, like all other 520 public school districts in Oklahoma, to distance learning. While never expected, EPS had positioned themselves to make a smooth transition to distance learning. Additionally, over the past few years, EPS has been working on technology initiatives to provide resources to the over 8,000 students in the district. “As part of the 2016 bond, Enid voters approved the purchase of 1:1 devices [...]
Flying Aces still hoping to take flight
ENID, Okla. — The Oklahoma Flying Aces indoor professional team remains hopeful that there will still be a season and fans can cheer them on at the Stride Bank Center. Flying Aces head coach and managing partner Richard Davis said the league (Champions Indoor Football) is "universal across the board" in its desire to see what can be done to get games played, even if that likely means a reduced season. "I would guess the [...]
Cleaning company passes proceeds of pandemic-related jobs to Loaves & Fishes
ENID, Okla. — Universal Management & Maintenance has had more sanitizing work than usual due to the coronavirus pandemic, and Monday the company passed the proceeds of that work on to Loaves & Fishes of Northwest Oklahoma to help feed those in need. Universal father-and-son co-owners, Hamid and Matt Habibi, and Matt's wife and company office manager, Sara Habibi, presented a check for $5,000 Monday to Loaves & Fishes to help cover the extra costs [...]
