News & events
Coverage and stories from media outlets, organized by publication date with the most recent first.
· The Journal Record
Coverage of Rigid Industrial Group’s expansion in Noble, including plans for 80 additional jobs at its Noble campus and about 200 more across Cleveland County over three years.
· The Journal Record
A $179 million, 330,000-square-foot pharmaceutical distribution hub is under construction at North Moore Industrial Park. The project is expected to support more than 600 jobs by 2029.
· PR Newswire
MOORE - Today, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Cleveland County Economic Development Coalition announced that announced that McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 100, U.S. based company that serves as a logistical and operational backbone of the healthcare…
· The Norman Transcript
The Norman Transcript reports on the groundbreaking for McKesson’s new Moore distribution facility, a partnership involving the City of Moore, Cleveland County and CCEDC.
· MooreMonthly.com
MOORE - The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the City of Moore, and the Cleveland County Economic Development Coalition announced today that McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 100 company based in Irving, Texas, has selected Moore as the site for a new, highly automated…
· Journal Record
NORMAN - The Oklahoma Supreme Court cleared the final legal hurdle for the Rock Creek Entertainment District on February 3, finding the opposition’s petition insufficient. The ruling enables the $1.1 billion development to proceed in Cleveland County. The development…
· PR Newswire
NORMAN - Chasm Advanced Materials, Inc. (CHASM), a U.S.-based leader in carbon nanotube (CNT) innovation and manufacturing, and the Cleveland County Economic Development Coalition (CCEDC) announced today that CHASM has successfully completed a green concrete pour…
· The Norman Transcript
Coverage of CCEDC receiving a grant through Oklahoma’s first Community Marketing Partnership Program.
· EIN Presswire
IEDC recognized CCEDC with a silver award in the Best Use of Federal Resources category for its Workforce Development AI Talent Attraction Pipeline project.
· Journal Record
CLEVELAND COUNTY - When economic developer Lawrence McKinney arrived in Norman four years ago, he could see potential everywhere he looked, but those opportunities weren’t just in Norman. Early this year, McKinney’s title changed to chief executive of the Cleveland…
· The Journal Record
The Journal Record reports that Lawrence McKinney was named the International Economic Development Council’s 2024 Economic Developer of the Year. The recognition was announced in February 2025.
· Oklahoma Commerce
NORMAN - Semper Fly Helicopters held a ribbon-cutting today for its new headquarters at Max Westheimer Airport, attended by nearly 100 city, county, state and University of Oklahoma officials, friends and family. After establishing Semper Fly in 2022 and joining the…
· Newswire
NORMAN - ACT (Advanced Call Center Technologies, LLC), a total experience (TX) innovator and 100% employee-owned customer experience (CX) leader, announced today that just two years after establishing its presence in Norman, Oklahoma, it will add 800 new jobs through a…
· Sports Illustrated
NORMAN — If the process for passing Norman’s proposed entertainment district and arena was a college football season, the City of Norman, University of Oklahoma and developers have made it to the first round of the playoff. The semifinal — a vote by the city planning…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – Business leaders and public officials, including Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt , announced several new economic development initiatives on Thursday, all meant to generate sustainable economic growth and prosperity by turning good ideas into thriving companies and…
· EINPresswire
NORMAN - The Norman Economic Development Coalition (NEDC) announced that Lawrence McKinney has been named One of North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers of 2023. Mr. McKinney is NEDC’s President and CEO. The economic development professionals selected for this list…
· Journal Record
NORMAN - The building was purchased for $1.65 million, said NEDC President and CEO Lawrence McKinney, and it will receive up to $3.5 million in updates and renovations before reopening in about a year. McKinney’s office is funding much of that cost through $2 million…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – An international company’s plan to open a customer care center in Norman will bring hundreds of new jobs to the city and a potential direct and indirect payroll impact in the range of $50 million annually, officials said Wednesday. The company, Advanced Call…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – An April survey to assess the sentiment of business owners in Norman found that 64.6% of respondents applied for the federal Paycheck Protection Program. More than 380 business owners participated in the survey by the Norman Economic Development Coalition, in…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – The last time the city of Norman created an economic development strategic plan, one of the byproducts was the Norman Economic Development Coalition. That was more than 20 years ago. The coalition on Oct. 12 launched the Team Norman initiative, an economic…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – The Norman Innovation Challenge is scheduled Dec. 5 at the Studio of Sooner Theatre in Norman. Sooner Centurions and the Norman Economic Development Coalition will partner with the University of Oklahoma and Moore Norman Technology Center to present the…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – The National Science Foundation recently awarded the University of Oklahoma a $1.5 million grant to study heavy rainfall and the devastating effects it can have on communities inundated by prolonged precipitation. Research money from sources outside Oklahoma…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – The Norman Economic Development Coalition selected VI Marketing and Branding to provide services for the coalition’s marketing efforts. VI will initially be involved in branding, marketing strategy and marketing research to develop programs to promote the…
· KGOU
NORMAN - Norman education, civic, and business leaders are worried about employee recruitment and college student retention. They outlined their concerns Thursday at the Norman Economic Development Coalition’s annual summit. Norman Public Schools Superintendent Joe…
· Journal Record
NORMAN - Norman Economic Development Coalition’s eTec, or emerging technology entrepreneurial center, this year’s Journal Record Incubator of the Year, has graduated a dozen companies from its business accelerator program since it opened in 2001. In 2009, the eTec…
· Journal Record
NORMAN - Don Wood, executive director of the Norman Economic Development Coalition, or NEDC, said the park – on the south side of Norman just off State Highway 9 – offers 1,000 jobs. Science-based companies like SouthWest NanoTechnologies and Immuno-Mycologics are in…
· Journal Record
NORMAN — Gov. Brad Henry joined with Norman and Cleveland County economic officials Monday to help Hitachi Computer Products of America Inc. break ground on a $15 million, 200,000-square-foot expansion project that will accommodate manufacturing and…
· Journal Record
NORMAN - In 2007, the coalition took a giant leap of faith in what may well become a national model for partnering with a start-up company. When Norman-based SouthWest Nanotechnologies Inc., a leading producer of single-wall carbon nanotubes, needed to dramatically…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – At a cost of more than $20 million, the Super Target will be just east of I-35 at Robinson Street and is scheduled for an October completion date. It is the first part of a two-phase project that will result in an upscale shopping center. The second phase will…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – In addition to the common green-and-white “Highway 9” and “Exit 1 Mile” signs, drivers through Norman have been passing some new ones lately: “Oklahoma Technology Corridor.” The state Transportation Department posted the east- and west-bound signs earlier this…
· Journal Record
NORMAN - Treacherous ice just as easily could have been a tornado, hurricane, heat wave or any other weather-related development with the potential to keep employees at home or drive product sales, said John Snow, dean of the College of Geosciences at the University of…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – The Norman Economic Development Coalition has commissioned the University of Oklahoma’s Center for Management and Research to complete an updated labor study for Norman, Moore and surrounding areas. This report will determine current salary requirements…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – Don Wood, executive director of the Norman Economic Development Coalition has been elected by the Governor’s Economic Development Team as its 2002 chair. The coalition is a group of economic development professionals from across the state who work to recruit…
· Journal Record
NORMAN - With the help of the Norman Economic Development Coalition, Norman-based C&C Trailers has broken ground on a larger facility on Tecumseh Road. The company, which builds and sells high-end custom aluminum horse and cattle trailers nationwide, has 70 employees…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – The rapid growth of Okie World has compelled the $10 million Norman-based information technology company to buy 10 acres in the Norman Business Park for building its corporate headquarters. While making routine calls on existing businesses, Norman Economic…
· Journal Record
NORMAN – With unemployment at a rock-bottom rate and technology-based companies sprouting like weeds in the metro area — the Norman Economic Development Coalition has identified 60 such companies in Norman alone — finding qualified technical personnel is becoming a…
· Journal Record
NORMAN - To support the town’s growing technology industry, the Norman Economic Development Coalition has organized a monthly forum for technology company officials to meet, mingle and discuss the business problems they all face. The Norman Technology Council, which…
NORMAN - The Norman Economic Development Coalition has received a $250,000 industrial access grant from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The grant will cover the primary cost of installing roads to the new Norman Business Park, an 85-acre development just…
· Journal Record
NORMAN — The Norman Economic Development Coalition plans to develop eTec, a business incubator catering to emerging technology companies. The coalition, a joint venture of the City of Norman, the Norman Chamber of Commerce and the University of Oklahoma, has purchased…
No media coverage for this year.
