Funds are available to help businesses in the area grow provided by Enid Regional Development Alliance. Last year, ERDA aided 14 businesses through four programs, according to a press release. This year, the grant process will provide competitive and reimbursement grants, with the application deadline falling Jan. 3, 2023. The programs include grants for equipment, infrastructure assistance, small business renovation, downtown sprinkler grant and the MicroEnterprises grant. • Equipment: This will pay for half of equipment purchase costs up to [...]

ENID, Okla. — Enid Regional Development Alliance is one of five state organizations to receive an Impact Partnership Grant for investment in workforce growth. The Governor’s Council for Workforce and Economic Development and the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development awarded the grants. Impact Partnerships promote high-demand occupations in Oklahoma and strive to build lasting, collaborative relationships between business, education, workforce development, economic development and government and community organizations, according to organizers. OOWD awarded the five applicants [...]

Enid will see an expansion of its agricultural capacity with the announcement of Chisholm Trail Meats, a meat processing facility that will be located in Garfield County Industrial Park. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday , Aug. 3, 2022, at 1820 N. 54th, the location of the new facility. With a goal of being up and running in January or February, the facility will be about 17,000 square feet located under one roof. It will have an [...]

Five recipients of “Impact Partnership” grants announced Thursday will use funds to strengthen the state’s workforce to meet critical industry needs, the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development and Governor’s Council for Workforce and Economic Development said. Among other things, money will be leveraged to create and sustain heightened levels of collaboration between key players in workforce and economic development, including businesses, schools, and community and government organizations. A specific goal will be to increase numbers [...]

The replacement of a decades-old waterline going through one of Enid’s oldest neighborhoods officially has begun. Residents of Southern Heights, city officials, representatives of state officials and others gathered at Grayson Baptist Church on Thursday morning for the Leona Mitchell water main and improvements groundbreaking ceremony. For the Southern Heights Advocates — dressed in red shirts with “Southern Heights” printed in gold — the ceremony meant a lot. “I just want you guys to understand [...]

The lights are set to come back on next month at the Montessori school at the corner of Jefferson and Maple. Longtime Enid educators Jeff and Darla Brooks have spent the last few months putting the finishing touches on their latest and biggest schooling venture — restoring and reopening the historic downtown Enid building that for decades housed the alternative education method. Next month, the Brookses’ new Villaggio Montessori School will offer classes for five [...]