Broken Arrow Area Business Assistance Team
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The BROKEN ARROW AREA BUSINESS ASSISTANCE TEAM is a group of professionals
who have offered their services as a resource support system to help local companies advance their businesses and solve
problems.
With just a phone call or an email, you may contact any of the Business Assistance Team or Economic Development
Staff regarding immediate needs to long range planning. Other areas of expertise include: expansions, workforce, city
government, international trade, education, manufacturing consultations, small business growth, technology and
financing.
We are here for your business and ready to help!
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| WORKFORCE |
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If you are seeking employees, need labor market/research data, or other
workforce questions or needs, consider calling upon the OESC office for
assistance or to find out what services might be available to your company.
They also assist companies in hiring events for expansion or new start-ups, at
your site or in a local office, at no charge.
Workforce development is inarguably today's biggest challenge for employers.
While certainly short term solutions are necessary, long term strategies also
must be developed as well by working with education partners that will help
people prepare for, find and maintain living-wage jobs. And as industries
change and jobs become more specialized, the workers needed to fill them
must possess advanced education and training. Savvy employers will continue
to remain connected with our local higher education institutions to identify
future employees, discover training resources for your staff, and identify how
internships may help your business.
WorkKeys - Career Readiness
The Oklahoma Career Readiness Certificate, utilizing the WorkKeys skills
assessment system, is a tool designed to address the hiring, training and
retention issues faced by many businesses. No single tool can as effectively
address all of these issues. Companies using this system have seen their
turnover rates cut in half, at the same time they have decreased the time
it takes to hire new employees. Join the increasing number of community
companies benefiting from WorkKeys and the Oklahoma Career Readiness
Certificate.
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| INTERNATIONAL TRADE |
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In the age of globalization, exporting represents a crucial component to
the long-term economic health of the United States and to Oklahoma.
As the world gets smaller, markets for products and services continue to
expand, representing a variety of opportunities for Oklahoma businesses.
If your business has an opportunity to import or export internationally, you
don't have to stumble through the red tape alone - contact these Business
Assistance Team members. Both of these representatives office at the OSUTulsa
campus.
OK Department of Commerce Global Business Services
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce helps strengthen the state's
economy by helping business to grow and expand through exporting and
attracting foreign investment. They can help your business expand into global
markets with basic exporting information and tools, workshops and seminars,
referrals for financial and governmental assistance, market research, and
protocol issues.
Oklahoma U.S. Export Assistance Center
The US Export Assistance Center can help your business compete and win in
today's global economy. They can help you identify and evaluate international
partners, navigate documentation challenges, create market entry strategies
and provides other export related guidance.
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| SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES |
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Need help with a business plan? Seeking to increase profitability? Management
Support or Innovation advancement? These representatives office at various
locations in the metro area but can help you via phone, email or you can set
up an appointment for a private consultation.
Oklahoma Small Business Development Center representatives can help your
business with one on one counseling, economic development assistance and
training to small businesses.
SCORE , Counselor's to America's Small Business, is a nationwide volunteer
association dedicated to helping individuals intending to start a small business
and those already in business desiring advice on buying or selling a business
and or managing their businesses.
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| LEGISLATIVE |
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It is important in today's business economy to know that someone is
monitoring state legislative issues that can impact your business. Call upon
these Business Assistance Team members if you have questions or concerns
about pending business legislation at the local or state level.
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| UTILITIES |
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If your business has questions related to electrical/natural and service issues,
these utility executives can help you.
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| ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
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For comprehensive business recruitment, business expansion and economic
development consulting services, please consult the Economic Development
Team for assistance.
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| EMPLOYEE TRAINING |
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If your business is ready to develop your workforce to achieve maximum
performance and increase productivity, Tulsa Technology Center may be your
training solutions provider. Customized training can be held at your facility or
at Tulsa Tech's facilities and is scheduled to meet the needs of your company.
Funding assistance may be available to qualified companies to upgrade
existing workers' skills.
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| MANUFACTURING RESOURCES |
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To survive in today's marketplace, manufacturers must embrace new ideas
and processes. Keeping that competitive edge requires constant growth
and improvement. The Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance is a not-for-profit
organization providing a variety of support to Oklahoma manufacturers
including LEAN, technical assistance, consultation on improving productivity,
increasing sales, reducing costs.
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The Craftsmanship Apprenticeship Program trains selected junior and senior
high school students based upon interest, skills and aptitude; they apprentice
for sponsoring manufacturing companies while they train. This program is
ideal for the manufacturer with 50 or more employees that experiences high
turnover.
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| FINANCE |
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Business expansions (whether you are relocating, adding on to your building,
or simply needing to purchase new equipment) typically involve additional
capital and financing. Talk to your preferred banker (or let us know if you need
a referral). But then let us know if you'd like to see if there are other options
that might be possible to help stretch your financing dollar to make your
project fly. We can work with your local preferred banker to help you secure
the best rates and options for your project.
Broken Arrow Economic Development Corporation
Mickey Thompson 251.1518
mickeythompson@brokenarrowedc.com
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Small Business Capital Corporation (SBCC)
SBA504 economic development loan
Peggy Rice 584.7888
peggyrice@sbcc-ok.com
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TEDC Creative Capital
Non-traditional lending programs (SBA 504, SBA 7(a) and more)
Rose Washington Rentie 585.8332
rose@TEDCnet.com
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| INCENTIVES |
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If your business is planning an expansion that will add quality jobs, your
business may qualify for a variety of state incentives for existing businesses.
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| CONSTRUCTION/REMODELING |
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If you are planning a remodeling project or your expansion may involve land
acquisition or construction, you will want to first determine important issues
such as zoning, permits, and other key development issues. Also you may
request that a member of the Economic Development team sit in on your
meetings with the City's Development Services Department if you wish.
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| R&D AND INNOVATION |
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If your business is involved in research, invention, advanced technology and
high-tech— you may be eligible for a variety of opportunities. And i2E may be
able to help. i2E was created in 1997 in response to the Oklahoma Center for
the Advancement of Science and Technology's (OCAST) initiative to establish
a center to support technology commercialization.
R&D Tax Credits: What you think you know about R&D tax credits may be costing
you! If your business has been involved in product or process development,
concept testing, development of new production or manufacturing
processes, streamlining of automation, development for patents, tool, mold
and die design and your business engages in manufacturing, architecture,
engineering, technology, or software development, you may qualify for tax
credits.
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| DEMOGRAPHICS/MARKETING RESEARCH |
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If your business plan or project requires Broken Arrow demographic
information or research, please call the Economic Development Marketing
Director for assistance.
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| TAX COMMISSION |
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Expanding industry making new investments and/or hiring new FTE staff
may have tax questions.
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