Forbes Labels Oklahoma City 'Most Affordable'
Forbes has named Oklahoma City the "most affordable" city in the United States.

The magazine credits Oklahoma City’s good schools and universities, friendly residents, and an unemployment rate well below the national average.
Oklahoma is Bioscience
With first class research & development facilities and a highly-skilled workforce, Oklahoma is a leader in the field of bioscience.

From the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City to the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, learn why your r&d facility belongs in Oklahoma!
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LocateOK.com Expands Site Listings
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is now expanding site listings to the GIS-mapping buildings & sites database.
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Southern Business & Development Names Citizens of OKC Its 'Person of the Year'
"It is a city that has continued to invest in itself over and over again and the results are nothing less than extraordinary."
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Featured Content & News

1Quality Jobs Program Mid-Year Review

OKLAHOMA CITY — Since its inception in 1993, the Quality Jobs Program has issued more than 612 contracts to locating, expanding and start-up businesses and brought thousands of jobs to Oklahoma. This last December saw more Quality Jobs participants than any single month in the programs 19-year history and fiscal year 2012 is set to meet or beat the previous year’s numbers. With the current fiscal year at the half-way point, the Quality Jobs Program is set to meet or exceed fiscal year 2011’s benchmarks.

2Oklahoma Companies Make Fortune Top 100 List for 2012

Janurary 19, 2012

OKLAHOMA CITY — Fortune Magazine recently released their annual list of 100 Best Companies To Work For and four Oklahoma companies are ranked as the nation’s best.

Chesapeake Energy, ranked 18^th, Devon Energy, ranked 28^th, American Fidelity Assurance, ranked 47^th and QuikTrip, ranked 66^th all made this prestigious annual list.

3Three New Companies Join Quality Jobs Program

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Commerce announced today that 595 new jobs will be created by three companies recently accepted into the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program (QJP) in November.

4Two New Manufacturers Join Quality Jobs Program

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Commerce announced today that 213 new jobs will be created by two companies recently accepted into the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program in October.

5Governor Fallin Signs Agreement to Increase Use of NGVs

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin today announced a new initiative launched jointly with Governor John Hickenlooper of Colorado designed to increase the use of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in state automobile fleets. Other states, including Wyoming and Pennsylvania have also signed onto the agreement. Additional states have also been invited to join.

Recent Oklahoma Kudos

Top States for Business 2011
(CNBC)
Oklahoma, #3 (Cost of Living)
Oklahoma, #4 (Overall Economy)
Oklahoma, #6 (Cost of Doing Business)

Best Cities for Small Business
(The Business Journal)
Oklahoma City, #2
Tulsa, #5

10 Hottest Spots to Start a Small Business
(Fiscal Times)
Oklahoma City, #2
Tulsa, #6

Top Cities for Manufacturing
(Forbes)
Oklahoma City, #8

Hottest Job Markets 2011
(The Business Journal)
Oklahoma City, #8

Business Facilities Magazine 2010 Rankings Report
(Business Facilities Magazine)
Oklahoma, #2 (Quality of Life)
Oklahoma, #4 (Employment Leaders)
Oklahoma, #5 (Cost of Labor)
Oklahoma, #7 (Biofuels Manufacturing Research)

Lowest Cost Cities to Live
(Bloomberg Businessweek)
Pryor, #3
Muskogee, #9
Ardmore, #19

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