Oklahoma's Regional Partnerships
OK Partnerships At A Glance
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Northwest |
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| Name | Service Delivery Area | Contact Info | Mission Narrative |
| Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kingfisher, Major, Roger Mills, Texas, Woods, and Woodward counties |
Contact: Sonya Cook, President (580) 327-2150; sonjac@nwtechonline.com |
An economic development coalition serving 17 counties in NW Oklahoma. The NWOA is also engaged in developing and managing an e-Synchronist program for their area. | |
| Panhandle Regional Partnership |
Oklahoma Panhandle |
Contact: Vicki McCune (580) 338-5838; cddirector@guymonok.orgdsf |
While the partnership is still in formation, look for something to be finalized before the end of 2010. The partnership will primarily serve the Oklahoma panhandle communities. |
| Oklahoma Wildlife & Prairie Heritage Alliance | 33 counties in Western Oklahoma |
Contact: Ron Voth, Coordinator (580) 735-2322; OWPHA@pldi.net |
The OWPHA was formed to provide enhanced coordination, cooperation and communication to conserve the short and mixed grass prairie’s diverse habitat and unique wildlife which is found in Western Oklahoma. |
Southwest |
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| Name | Service Delivery Area | Contact Info | Mission Narrative |
| Southern Oklahoma Regional Coalition (SORC) | Carter and Jefferson counties | Contact: Cecil Carter (580) 317-2371, Ext. 113; ccarter@mscok.edu |
ED coalition serving the four communities of Healdton, Ringling, Tatums, and Wilson. |
| Southwest Oklahoma Impact Coalition (SOIC) | The partnership is primarily composed of the Higher Education institutions in the SW region |
Contact: Marilyn Feaver, Ex Director (405) 574-1368 mfeaver@soiconline.org | Our mission is to reinforce and grow wealth in the Southwest Quadrant of Oklahoma by maximizing and coordinating workforce and economic development opportunities. |
| Oklahoma Southwest Alliance (OSA) | Caddo, Kiowa, Greer, Washita, Harmon, Jackson, and NW Comanche counties |
Contacts: Christy Elkins (405) 596-0080; christy_elkins@okcommerce.gov |
To promote and enhance the economic development climate of SW Oklahoma through focusing on business attraction, business retention and expansion, tourism and agritourism development, and issues of mutual concern for our member counties and municipalities. |
Northeast |
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| Name | Service Delivery Area | Contact Info | Mission Narrative |
| Sequoyah-Adair-Cherokee County Empowerment Zone, Inc. (SACC-EZ) | Sequoyah County Board of Commissioners, Adair County Board of Commissioners, Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, Tahlequah, Sallisaw, Stilwell, Gore, Vian, and the Cherokee Nation. | Contact: Rhonda Clemmons, (918) 822-7999; rhondac@zoeinstitute.com | Focused on the community and economic development for their member counties/communities and the Cherokee Nation. |
| Rogers County Coalition | Rogers County | Contact: Don Cochran, (918) 343-8959; dcochran@rcida.com | With a mission to create a better future for families, youth and children; the Rogers County Coalition is a not for profit collaborative community-based resource to address health and human service needs of people in Rogers County, Oklahoma. |
| Tulsa Area Partnership (TAP) | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Sequoyah, Tulsa, and Washington counties |
Contact: Angie Moore, (918) 560-0217; angiemoore@tulsachamber.com |
TAP’s mission is to encourage growth and diversification in the economy of the Northeast Oklahoma Region by promoting the development of existing businesses and encouraging the relocation of complementary new businesses to the Region |
Southeast |
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| Name | Service Delivery Area | Contact Info | Mission Narrative |
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Oklahoma Southeast (OKSE) |
Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, Love, Marshall, McCurtain, McIntosh, McLain, Murray, Pittsburgh, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, and Seminole counties |
Contact: Phil Scoggin, |
Representing over 20 communities and counties, Oklahoma Southeast offers businesses a unique environment with a wide variety of available incentives, some of the lowest labor costs in the country, low tax rates and a ready and able workforce, all in an environment that encourages relaxation when the work is done. |
| Tri-County OK |
Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc, Johnston, and Coal counties, the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations | Contact: Amy Elliott (580) 310-9300; aelliott@tri-countyok.com | |
| District 19 Tourism Group |
Antlers Area |
Contact: David Hinkle Scott Pace (918) 423-2479; scott.pace@ok.usda.gov |
The development and marketing of the tourism attractions in Choctaw, LeFlore, McCurtain, and Pushmataha counties in SE Oklahoma. |
| Arbuckle Country Marketing Association (ACMA) | Murray, Pontotoc, Coal, Atoka, Garvin, Carter, Johnston, Love, Bryan and Marshall counties |
Contact: Kim Little |
Promoting tourism develoment in south central Oklahoma. |
| Texoma Workforce Consortium | Covering ten counties in Oklahoma (Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Johnson, Love, Marshall, Murray and Pontotoc); and three counties in Texas (Cooke, Fannin and Grayson). |
Contact: Kerry Manning (580) 924-5331; kmanning@bigfive.org Kathy Hendrick (580) 745-2046 khendrick@SE.edu |
The Texoma Workforce Development Board and the Southern Oklahoma Workforce Investment Board have joined forces with many of the economic development organizations across a 13-county region along the Texas and Oklahoma borders, and created the Texoma Regional Consortium (TRC) as a way to engage participating counties in defining a vision for the future prosperity of the region. |
| OKC Metro | The OKC Partnership encompasses a 10-county region composed of: Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Oklahoma, Payne and Pottawatomie. | Contact: Michael Ogan (405)-297-8956, mogan@okcchamber.com | Operating out of the Greater OKC Chamber of Commerce, the OKC Partnership provides economic development data and assistance for its member communities including business attraction leads. |
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