The Enid Regional Development Alliance Board of Directors approved two funding requests to support existing business growth. Utilizing ERDA’s new support programs, Wako and Jumbo Foods will receive funds to support their respective projects. Wako will receive a $20,000 Equipment Purchase Grant to help buy equipment to increase the manufacturing of their v-blades product line. Wako, LLC was established in Wakita, Oklahoma, in 1962 and is operated by the second generation of the founding family; [...]

On April 4, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce (Commerce) opened applications for the Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program (OIEP). Applications closed on Friday, April 15. During the 2022 application period, Commerce received 163 submissions for project funding. Of those applications, 125 projects received awards ranging from $25,000 to $150,000 with the total awards funding reaching $9.241 million. The funding will facilitate $58.065 million in projects. These companies plan to create 767 jobs with a total payroll [...]

ENID, Okla. — Enid preschoolers spent Thursday afternoon making more than just a splash of summertime fun as part of a final project for Northwestern Oklahoma State University students. Fowler Early Childhood Center’s 60 pre-K students ventured next door for two hours of games, skits and dancing for the annual end-of-year program for students in NWOSU’s education department. Three groups of 20 or so children rotated between three activity stations around the first floor’s common area [...]

ENID, Okla. — People wanting to gather around the table to celebrate life’s most precious moments have a new source of assistance, thanks to Enid’s own pop-up picnic company. The new business, Picnic•ish 580, had a ribbon-cutting Wednesday with Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce. The event was held in conjunction with a teacher recognition award. Co-owners Jamie Conrady and Emily Patton, both former teachers, created the company hoping to create a luxurious picnic experience that seeks [...]

ENID, Okla. — With an inventory from all eras and an uncanny ability to think outside the box, a local antique store and destination prop house has made it onto the big screen. Broadway Antiques and Uniques, owned by Cindy and John Greven, of Enid, does much more than sell antiques. For the last few years, Cindy has sold or lent items from her store to be used as props in movie productions. The 22,500-square-foot building, [...]

Two of Enid’s public school districts are set to join the fast-growing formation of schools in Oklahoma teaching students the ins and outs of aviation. This fall, Enid High School and Chisholm Public Schools both will begin to offer STEM curriculum created by the international Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). The “You Can Fly” programs will be the first to be offered at Northwest Oklahoma schools focused on flying, aircraft, aerospace engineering, drone operation and [...]