It is Northeastern Oklahoma, where you'll find 20 counties working together to make your business expansion or location successful and profitable. TAP into our resources and you will find a quality labor force of 1.3 million people, available buildings and sites, a strong transportation network (including barge!), competitive state and local incentives and many other attributes in the region.
“Northeast Oklahoma has proved to be an excellent location for ConocoPhillips’ Global Systems and Services. It’s a great place to build and grow a successful business.”
Gene Batchelder
Bartlesville, OK
Senior Vice President & CIO
Global Systems & Services ConocoPhillips
Welcome to the Tulsa Area Partnership (TAP)!
TAP is your network to a world of possibilities. The mission of the
Tulsa Area Partnership (TAP) encourages growth and diversification in
the economy of the Northeast Oklahoma Region by promoting the
development of existing businesses and encouraging the relocation of
complementary new businesses to the Region.
Our services are provided on a free and confidential basis. We are the Northeast Oklahoma gateway of resource for:
- Site Selection Assistance
- Incentive and business tax information
- Key contacts in business and local government
- Demographic, wage and economic data
- Navigation through local government requirements
- Access to workforce training and recruitment resources
News
06/10/2009 TAP Announcements
State Incentives Expanded by legislature! “21st Century Quality Jobs” expands the existing Quality Jobs program to offer incentives for higher paying, knowledge-based jobs. Companies creating the jobs specified would be eligible to receive a quarterly cash rebate of up to 10 percent of new taxable payroll. Also, new legislation allows existing and new businesses in Oklahoma to take advantage of both QJ tax rebates and the Investment tax credits.
Tulsa Named Best Place to Live in the U.S. Relocate America has declared Tulsa the No. 1 pla... Full Article
06/05/2009 Quapaw to benefit from energy facility
Umicore, the world leader in the production of germanium wafers for use in the high-efficiency solar cells, is nearing completion on a new facility in Quapaw, OK. The facility will complement Umicore’s existing production in Olen, Belgium, effectively doubling the Group’s wafer production capacity to 900,000. Quapaw’s location has the advantage of being close to a sizeable customer base in the United States. Germanium wafers have been used, most currently, in launched satellites and also longer range missions such as NASA’s cu... Full Article
05/26/2009 Tulsa University lands National Energy Policy Institute
Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City) , Mar 11, 2009 by Kirby Lee DavisThe National Energy Policy Institute established its headquarters at the University of Tulsa under an agreement signed Tuesday with the George Kaiser Family Foundation.With an $8 million outlay in September, the foundation created the institute under former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles. It committed another $1 million Tuesday to TU for its support of NEPI, whose two employees will work in a residential tower under conversion to office space.Tulsa philanthropist George Kaiser... Full Article
