Enid Regional Development Alliance is adding a new project manager to the team, the nonprofit organization announced. Trent Misak, a recent member of Enid Public Schools Board of Education and current member of the Enid Young Professionals, has been hired for the role, an ERDA release said, calling him a "natural fit." “We’ve worked with Trent in many capacities over the years and can’t wait to have him join the ERDA team as a project [...]

The best place in each state to live on a $50,000 salary from MSN.com. Although states like California and New York often make headlines with their high average incomes, the truth is that a $50,000 salary is enough for the average American to get by. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics pegs the median U.S. worker salary at $47,216, as of July 17, 2019. To come up with the best places to live for [...]

The city of Enid and local economic development groups are working together to fund a proposed $1.3 million infrastructure upgrade project to an industrial park on the east outskirts of town. With the help of a not-as-yet obtained $788,000 federal grant, parties involved hope to construct road, water, sewer and stormwater improvements at the 54th Street Garfield County Industrial Park, located between Willow and U.S. 412. "It's another way we can incentivize business, by having [...]

Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission has approved more than $142 million in airport infrastructure projects, including two at Enid Woodring Regional Airport. The projects all are part of OAC's airport construction program for fiscal years 2020-2024. The two Woodring projects total just more than $3 million. The first, which includes funding for FY 2022 and FY 2023, is $1.91 million to reconstruct runway 13/31. The runway is showing signs of weathering and cracking, according to OAC. "The [...]

Jiffy Trip is opening its first Enid location Aug. 28, a spokeswoman for the convenience store chain confirmed. Construction began in 2018 on the 6,000-square-foot store at the northeast corner of Garland and Garriott, and a second is planned for The District development at Cleveland and Garriott. “We are excited to design and build a Jiffy Trip convenience destination in Enid — our hometown,” Kyle Williams said in 2017. “We have wanted to do this [...]

Oklahoma accounting firm Wymer Brownlee Wealth Strategies recently was named one of the best to work for in the country, in an annual list by the trade publication Accounting Today. “The firms on this list represent the best workplaces in the accounting profession,” said Accounting Today Editor-in-Chief Daniel Hood. “They are outstanding places to build a career.” Only the top 100 firms in the U.S. make the list, a release from Wymer Brownlee said, which [...]