2011 Economic Development Town Hall

For the 2011 Town Hall the Oklahoma Academy will turn its attention to economic development, a timely topic following the 2010 Municipalities Town Hall. The Economic Development Town Hall will take place October 23-26 at the Quartz Mountain Resort in Lone Wolf, OK.

There are a number of definitions, but generally speaking economic development is the creation of powerful institutional levers - community tools - that make a community a better place to live and work (adapted from Canadian Center for Community Renewal). The objective for this Town Hall is to develop methods and policies that accelerate economic prosperity in Oklahoma's private economic sector.

The Oklahoma Academy's research committee has already developed an outline and is currently working on the first draft of the resource document for this Town Hall. Section topics include an economic development primer and metrics; Oklahoma perspectives considering large and small communities and intergovernmental interests; taxation and regulation; employment development; workforce and productivity; import and export; industry clusters and tribal opportunity.

Be sure to reserve space on your calendar now for this Town Hall! Registration for this event will begin in late spring/early summer 2011, and it will fill fast. You can contact the Academy now for more information or to put your name on the "interested" list. If you'd like to brush up on key issues, check out our library for past Academy events and documents covering economic development.

Below are links to PDF files containing more information about the 2011 Economic Development Town Hall, an invitation letter and the nomination form.

Economic Town Hall Information
Economic Town Hall Invitation Letter
Economic Town Hall Nomination Form

Updated May 18, 2011.