Hot HeadlineOklahoma City, including Edmond, outpaces nation's biggest cybercity
Oklahoma City outran the nation’s biggest cybercity in percentage growth of high-tech jobs. Compared to San Jose, Calif.—the heart of the high-tech sector—a higher percentage of workers grabbed their computers and laptops and went to work in Oklahoma City’s high-tech industry in 1998 than in 1993. Oklahoma City experienced a 14 percent growth in high-tech jobs over that period. The most recent count reveals that Edmond is home to 111 EdmondHQ companies, which includes both high-tech firms and corporate headquarters.*Courtesy of The Daily Oklahoman, December 6, 2000.
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City Spot
City sales tax proposals approved
Edmond voters demonstrated Tuesday they believe in long-term capital improvements by voting in favor of indefinitely extending a 3/4-cent sales tax. They also voted in favor of a second proposition, calling for a 3/8-cent sales tax for public safety issues. *Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, December 13, 2000.
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IT BytesForget viaLink . . .Netplex is the real deal.
While one technology company institutes changes that can be seen the world over, its heart remains in a small piece of it known as Edmond, Oklahoma. The Netplex Group is an e-solutions provider employing more than 600 people – 120 of them in Edmond. Though headquartered in Reston, Virginia, its operates 11 offices nationwide, including Georgia, North Carolina, Utah and Oklahoma, where the company’s retail operations and e-Solutions Development Center reside.*Courtesy of Durocher's Oklahoma City Business, December 15, 2000.
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Along the same line . . .
Netplex moves major operations to Edmond
In September, The Netplex Group (Nasdaq: NTPL) announced a cost-cutting plan that is intended to reduce its costs by about $5 million annually. The bulk of Netplex's e-Solutions business will remain in Edmond, where the company's retail operations and e-Solutions Development Center reside. *Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, December 7, 2000.
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1WebCorp.com introduces Internet training facility
Edmond-based 1WebCorp.com recently bypassed its virtual doors to introduce some of its more concrete attributes. The company hosted an open house at its office in Ashling Square to present a new Internet training facility, a highly-competitive server farm and a 40,000-kilowatt Dayton generator.*Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, December 14, 2000 and The Edmond Sun, December 7, 2000.
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Edmond-based Advanced Academics receives $100,000 from OCAST
Advanced Academics, a secondary education company that delivers courses over the Internet was approved for a $100,000 award under a Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology program. The OCAST Technology Business Finance Program is administered by the Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center. *Courtesy of The Journal Record, December 7, 2000.Call The Journal Record at 405.278.2800 to request a free 30-day password to view articles from the E-journal.
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iBEAM beaming
As the dot.com melt down continues for the foreseeable future, I was eager to find out how one of our most recognizable Internet-based companies, iBEAM Broadcasting Corp., is fairing. Little to my surprise it is "doing quite well, thank you very much," says Scott Klososky, the CEO who grew Edmond-based webcasts.com into a commercially attractive acquisition target for iBEAM, a Sunnyvale, Calif., company. *Courtesy of The Journal Record, December 11, 2000. Call The Journal Record at 405.278.2800 to request a free 30-day password to view articles from the E-journal.
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On CampusUCO Jazz Lab takes another step forward
Two large revenue bond issues met the Edmond City Council's approval Monday night with no discussion—one for the new UCO Jazz Lab and the other for Phase II of the UCO Commons (apartment style housing on campus). *Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, December 12, 2000.
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Real Estate Update
November Real Estate Transactions
Click here for November Real Estate Transactions in Edmond (Nov. 16-30). *Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, December 7, 2000.
Click here for November Commercial Building Permits *Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, December 14, 2000.
Retail Details
Edmond pioneers trends in retail development
Edmond is on the right track when it comes to retail developments, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). The retail trend is moving away from the indoor mall experience and is charging toward outdoor shopping plazas in the neighborhood sectors of cities. According to ICSC officials, the neighborhood sector is the largest area of retail growth in the nation.*Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, December 7, 2000.
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Downtown DispatchNew fabric to cover downtown Edmond
The new year promises exciting changes in downtown Edmond development with the presentation of new downtown Edmond design guidelines in late January. These guidelines will provide direction to developers interested in new investments in the area. "The design guidelines will serve as a road map for developers to work from as they start from the larger picture and narrow down to smaller features and design elements," said City Architect David Odle.*Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, December 14, 2000.
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