RECENT NEWS
Community Thrift and Gift Receives Start with Enid Grant from ERDA
Enid Regional Development Alliance Board of Directors has approved reimbursement funding for a new downtown thrift store. Community Thrift and Gift, a division of Community Enterprises Inc., submitted an application for funding from Start with Enid program. ERDA...
Academy Store to Bring in $15 million-$20 million in Sales
An Academy Sports and Outdoors store is expected to bring in $15 million to $20 million per year in sales, after it opens in Enid next year. The city of Enid will receive 3.5 percent in sales tax revenue off of the sales, said Brent Kisling, Enid Regional Development...
Billy Sims Barbecue Opens, Grand Opening in December
Billy Sims Barbecue opened recently in Enid, the restaurant chain's third location to open in Oklahoma this year. The location in Neilson Square, 3518 W. Garriott, will be open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. “Oklahoma is our home base and we’ve had our eye on...
Downtown Enid Arts & Entertainment District Honored
Downtown Enid Arts & Entertainment District has been selected as an Oklahoma Arts Council Certified Cultural District and was honored to be recognized at Oklahoma Arts Conference in Tulsa. An Oklahoma Arts Council Certified Cultural District is a mixed-use area...
Academy Sports coming to Enid
Enid City Commission has unanimously approved a $2.8 million incentive package for an Academy Sports and Outdoors store slated to open next year. Approval came at Tuesday’s commission meeting. “I just want to thank everybody at the city of Enid, the city council...
ROOTs Helps Enid Grow
ENID, Okla. — ROOTs is helping Garfield County students recognize the opportunities of tomorrow. The youth leadership program for junior and senior high school students presents career and life opportunities that Enid has to offer. ROOTs 2015 was held Aug. 10 and 11....
T&C Meats Brings Specialty Meat Shop to Enid
ENID, Okla. — T&C Meats, a new specialty meats shop, will open in the spring of 2016 in Enid. Specializing in everything from beef and lamb to hand-crafted sausage and bratwurst, the business will offer a modern, friendly retail meat market experience, said one of...
Opening in September: Enid to get Sears Hometown Store
A Sears Hometown Store is expected to open in Enid this September. James Baker, who owns the franchise, said the store will be located on North Van Buren — next to Sherwin-Williams and Dollar General — in the Mulberry Plaza Shopping Center. “It’s not a catalog...
Pork Producer Moving Headquarters from Wisconsin to Enid, Oklahoma
Pork producer Hanor Cos. is moving its headquarters operations from Spring Green, Wisconsin, to a new office building in Enid, officials said. The total number of employees, 35, might seem small, but Enid Regional Development Alliance Chairman Jimmy Stallings said it...
Water Revenue Decreases Expected with Plant Expansion
With plans to cut water usage at the Koch Nitrogen Plant expected to come to fruition by 2016, city of Enid water revenue from the plant will decrease. Through a $1.3 billion plant expansion, Koch Nitrogen officials plan to cut water use by almost five million gallons...