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Council OKs new city budget
The Edmond City Council accepted the city’s budget proposals last Friday in special session. Council approved the 2001-02 fiscal year budget for the city and the Public Works Authority. Some significant changes included adding $150,000 to pay for a consultant to guide the city in how to develop east of Interstate 35. This was a request by Mayor Saundra Gragg Naifeh. Another change to the proposed budget was the addition of $150,000 to hire another consultant who will help review development codes. Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, June 24, 2001.
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The Business Patch
Rib Crib picks BrainWorks
Edmond-based BrainWorks advertising has been selected as the agency of record for Tulsa-based barbecue chain Rib Crib. Founded in January, BrainWorks is owned and operated by Malena Lott and Cynthia Dutton, who together have more than 30 years of experience in marketing and advertising. Courtesy of The Journal Record, June 26, 2001.
Pace/Butler recognized as one of 14 great places to work
Oklahoma Business Monthly recently featured 14 great places to work in Oklahoma. The article outlined what these companies are doing to attract and retain employees in today’s highly competitive work environment. Among those companies was Edmond-based Pace/Butler Corporation, winner of the Oklahoma Quality Award for its commitment to excellence in 1999. Company CEO, Tom Pace received the 1999 Model CEO award from the Council of Growing Companies. In order to attract and retain great employees, Pace/Butler aims to provide a positive, successful and healthy atmosphere.
Click here to read the article from Oklahoma Business Monthly's June 2001 issue.
Location, Location, Location - a site selection checklist
Oklahoma Business Monthly featured a site selection checklist in their June 2001 Issue. Items in the checklist include visibility, accessibility, traffic, proximity, parking, safety and security, room for growth, restrictions, high-tech needs, competition and demographic profile. Courtesy of Oklahoma Business Monthly, June 2001.
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Retail Details
New eatery opens with firestation theme
New restaurateur Bobby Burger and wife Mary opened the Firehouse Barbecue restaurant at 617 S. Broadway on June 1 in the former Bricks restaurant building. The newly remodeled eatery specializes in barbecue lunches and dinners, including beef, sausage, ham, ribs pork and chicken sandwiches and meals. Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, June 14, 2001.
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Christian Brothers opens Edmond location
Christian Brothers Automotive Corporation, a growing automotive repair and service franchise based in Houston, opened the first of four locations in Oklahoma. The facility is located at 900 N. Santa Fe near the corner of Danforth and Santa Fe in Edmond. Christian Brothers Automotive Corp. will employ 6 to 10 employees at the site. Courtesy of Durocher’s Oklahoma City Business, June 22, 2001.
Downtown Dispatch
Downtown offers niche for antique dealers
As Edmond becomes filled with new businesses, new houses and new people, antique retailers are finding a special niche — the reminiscent environment of downtown. Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, June 14, 2001.
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Farmer's Market opens in Edmond
Oklahoma farmers have once again set up shop selling fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs and bedding plants at the Edmond Farmer’s Market in downtown Edmond. The market is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays through Sept. 8 in the parking lot just east of the City Adminstration Building, 100 East First. This Saturday, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park will make an appearance at the Edmond Farmer’s Market. The actors will be dressed in costume and will parade throughout the market. Read Edmond Life & Leisure each week for a listing of the produce available at Saturday’s Farmer’s Market, www.edmondlifeandleisure.com.
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IT Bytes
New Vision partners with Solomon Software
Edmond-based New Vision Consulting Group, Inc. recently announced a new application in Web-based accounting software from Microsoft's Solomon Software. The new applications, called the e-Business series, extend and simplify the benefits of doing business electronically with modules that facilitate communication between employees, vendors, customers and partners throughout the world - extending the reach of company information systems. Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure and The Edmond Sun, June 28, 2001.
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Click here to read the story in The Edmond Sun.
Edmond inventor featured nationally for mouse cleaner
An Edmond professor of entrepreneurship has invented a decidedly low-tech solution to a high tech problem. The HappyMouse™ mouse cleaner is a simple plastic tool designed specifically to help you remove the sometimes-stubborn ring on the bottom of your computer mouse, and then, using the opposite end of the tool, scrape the accumulated dust and dirt off the little rollers inside the mouse. Oh, sure, advanced techies with laser mice no longer have the problem, but for all the rest of us mouse users, this great little gadget is the perfect solution for a problem we all sometimes have: jerky and erratic mice. If you want to see the HappyMouse™ in action, visit Bergman’s Web site where there is a demo of the product: http://tkb.com/happymouse or contact the inventor directly at tbergman@tkb.com. Courtesy of the Chronicle of Higher Education, June 22, 2001.
Kelley Pointe brings another tool to the table
Kelley Pointe Technology Park, located on 240 acres at 33rd Street and Kelley Avenue in Edmond, offers companies the location, resources, and image they need to compete in the global marketplace, such as advanced telecommunication systems and high-tech fiber optic communications. These systems, combined with the executive visage of the park, provide Edmond leaders with a tool to build the Edmond technology market. Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, June 21, 2001.
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Real Estate Update
May 2001 Commercial Building Permits
Click here to view a list of new commercial building permits from the city of Edmond.
Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, June 21, 2001.
June 1-15 Real Estate Transactions
Click here to view a list of Edmond area commercial real estate transactions from the first half of June.
Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, June 28, 2001.
On Campus
Business leaders join OC committee
The Oklahoma Christian University Board of Trustees has elected three new members to its executive committee and a new member to the board. Don Millican was elected vice chairman of the executive committee. Millican is a certified public accountant and a partner in the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young. The board also selected Terry Childers as secretary of the executive committee. Childers is president of The Childers Corporation in Edmond. David Seat has been elected member at large on the executive committee. An alumnus of OC, Seat is president of BancFirst. In addition, the board recently elected Dwain Chaffin, a retired executive of Texas Instruments, Inc., to the Board of Trustees. Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, June 17, 2001.
OC adds new degree program in computer engineering
The College of Science & Engineering at Oklahoma Christian University has added a new degree program in computer engineering that university officials say is a direct response to the expressed needs of industry and students. Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, June 28, 2001.
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City Spot
Elimination of grocery tax would triple property tax
Eliminating Oklahoma’s income tax and the sales tax on food would require large tax increases in other areas, if only one tax is used to make up for lost revenue. A report by economics professors at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University was given to the governor and legislative leaders last week. The study mentions five ways to make up the $2.5 billion the state income tax and sales taxes on groceries produce each year. It says if property taxes alone are used to make up the difference, they would have to be tripled. The report suggests making smaller increases in several taxes, such as sales, fuel, gross receipts, and property taxes. Lawmakers may consider tax reform during a special session in September. Courtesy of KWTV News 9, June 19, 2001.
IRS refund checks to benefit Edmond
The Internal Revenue Service is in the process of returning some of the hard earned money citizens paid in last year. Some families will receive as much as $600. Mayor Saundra Naifeh has proposed the idea that Edmond citizens take the amount they receive in their refund check and spend it in Edmond. Naifeh predicts that this effort would generate more than $5,000,000 in our local economy on the first turn. Each dollar that is spent in a town turns over several times after the first investment. Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, June 28, 2001.
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Edmond City Manager weighing Texas job
City Manager Leonard Martin is considering a job in Carrollton, Texas. Two city councilors visited Edmond on Wednesday, naming Martin as one of two top candidates for their city manager. A decision is expected to be made by Saturday. Martin interviewed for the position last weekend in Carrollton. An incentive for Martin to move is the close proximity to his grandson Dylan, daughter Michelle, and a second grandchild on the way. Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, June 28, 2001.
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Stock Ticker Edmond area investment opportunities
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The E-journal has limited advertising space available. The links will be offered on a first come first serve basis. Please contact Ray Hibbard at Edmond Media Publishing, 340-3311 or e-mail ray@edmondpaper.com for more information.Please forward the E-journal to friends and co-workers. New readers, click here to subscribe. If you prefer not to receive the E-journal twice a month, click here to unsubscribe. Editor Contact Information:
Allison Pumphrey
Director of Public Relations & Marketing
Edmond Economic Development Authority
405.340.0116
ap@eeda.com
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Edmond Economic Development Authority
825 East 2nd Street
Suite 200
Edmond, OK 73034
Phone: 405.340.0116
Fax: 405.340.0891
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