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Welcome to the Norman Economic
Development Coalition's E-Digest, a monthly update on economic development
and Norman news. Expansion Management Magazine Publishes its 7th Annual
"AMERICA'S 50 HOTTEST CITIES ™" Ranking Expansion Management, a monthly
business magazine for executives of companies actively looking for a place to
expand or relocate their facilities within the next one to three years, has
released its 7th annual "America's 50 Hottest Cities" ranking, to
be published in its upcoming January 2005 issue. Topping this year's list is the Nashville metro area,
followed by Atlanta, Kansas City, Charlotte and Indianapolis. Rounding out
the Top 10 are Phoenix, Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Dallas-Fort Worth and
Jacksonville. Click
here to read the full story Mesonet receives national award The
Oklahoma Mesonet, the first state-of-the-art system of environmental
monitoring stations in the U.S., has received a special award from the
American Meteorological Society. The statewide system was recognized for
protecting lives and aiding weather research in a January 12 ceremony at the
AMS 85th annual meeting in San Diego.The statewide system of 116
computer-linked monitoring stations, a research collaboration between the
University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, began operating in
1994. Courtesy of The Norman Transcript Click here to read the full
story NEDC and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
Complete Weather Videos With all the weather experts in
Norman, NEDC and the ODOC produced a series of videos to showcase the variety
of talent in Norman. You will need Windows Media Player to view the six
videos. Fred Jones Jr.
Museum of Art to reopen amid fanfare The 20-month wait is over. On January
20 The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art will be dedicated to Mary and Howard
Lester Wing and re-open to the public on Friday. The museum had been closed
since May 2003 for the 34,000-square-foot wing's construction. The Lester
wing provides new galleries, an auditorium and classroom space and is housing
the Weitzenhoffer Collection of French Impressionism, the single most
important gift of art ever given to an American public university. Courtesy of The
Norman Transcript Click here to read the full story Fostering a climate for
weather firms A blanket of freezing rain and sleet drew a lot of attention to Norman on January 5 – not because the south metro area was harder hit than anywhere else, but simply because the weather is a big business in Norman, and growing bigger. Courtesy of The Journal Record Click here to read the full story Oklahoma Scholars program kicks off in Norman More
than 50 Norman educators and business leaders were on hand January 13 to
“Kick-Off” the Oklahoma Scholars program. Speaking from the Nancy O’Brian
Center, 1809 Stubbeman Ave., officials from the Norman Chamber of Commerce,
Norman Public Schools and the State Board of Education formally announced the
program that will introduce local business leaders into the classroom,
encourage students to become more aggressive in their high school course
selection and prepare them for higher education and the workforce. Courtesy of The Norman Transcript Click
here to read the full story Tulsa couple donates Taos masterworks to OU museum University of Oklahoma President David L.
Boren announced the donation of an important collection of Southwestern art –
12 masterworks by members of the Taos Society of Artists – to the Fred Jones
Jr. Museum of Art by Priscilla C. and Joseph N. Tate of Tulsa. The Tate
Collection will complement the museum’s existing collection of works by the
Taos Society of Artists. The Richard H. and Adeline J. Fleischaker Collection
was acquired in 1996 with initial major gifts from the late Mary Eddy Jones,
the late Edith Kinney Gaylord, and Cy and Lissa Wagner. In 2003, the museum
acquired the Thams Collection, 31 works by the Taos Society, given by OU
alumnus William H. Thams of Midland, Texas, in memory of his wife, Roxanne. Courtesy of The Norman Transcript Click here to read
the full story
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news. Economic Indicators Provides important statistics regarding the
economy of Norman, including unemployment figures, city and use sales taxes,
and building permits. Click here
to view the chart
Need Space? Saxon office building for sale With the purchase of Saxon Publishing by Harcourt
Achieve, the operations will be consolidated to Harcourt’s Austin office. Click
here for information about the office building. You will
need Adobe
Reader Progress of the National Weather Center on OU’s south campus
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