Tulsa Area Partnership

Broken Arrow is Oklahoma’s third largest manufacturing city, with approximately 200 facilities representing aerospace, machine tools, plastics, telecommunications, food processing, metal fabrication, glass, concrete, and many other industries. With 12 fully developed industrial or business parks, including four that are certified, there are sites available for every type of business. Fiber-optic cable, DSL, ISDN, and “point of presence” switching service is available. Also, more than 2,000 support services, distributors, and commercial business throughout the city, and new shopping centers are currently under development.

Coweta is located in Wagoner County‎, ‎just minutes south and east of Tulsa‎ on Highway 51. ‎Coweta is experiencing tremendous growth ‎with numerous new single‎-‎family subdivisions‎, several multi‎-‎family developments being planned‎, ‎an abundance ‎ of new commercial and retail developments in progress‎. ‎The City of Coweta works with many partners to ensure well‎-‎planned growth‎, ‎successful development of the ‎area‎'‎s economy‎, ‎and preservation of our friendly small town character‎. ‎Coweta works to incorporate a full range of ‎services including land for industrial‎, ‎commercial and residential needs‎.  ‎

Eufaula is an exciting and historic city which is located on the shore of Oklahoma’s largest man made lake with more than 600 miles of shoreline and 102,000 surface acres. The shoreline ranges from vast expanses of sandy beaches to rocky cliffs. This magni€cent lake and city sits just to the southeast of Tulsa, close enough to enjoy the amenities of the metropolitan area and just far enough away to maintain its identity as a safe and secure small town where its children enjoy the region’s top rated schools. Eufaula is the county seat of McIntosh County and former Record Town for Recording District No. 12 in Indian Territory. Just one half mile east of Eufaula was the site of North Fork Town, settled by the Creek Indians shortly after their arrival in this area in 1836. The Texas Road and a branch of the California Road crossed at North Fork Town, Making it a center for traf€c. North Fork Town is now covered by Lake Eufaula. Much of the colorful history of this area; Indian Life, Outlaw Gangs, and Civil War Battles still remain for visitors to see. Belle Starr “Queen of the Bandits” the most famous woman outlaw, lived and is buried 15 miles east of Eufaula. This area was the hideout for her gang as well as the Younger Brothers and Jessie and Frank James.

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is the lead agency for economic development in the state. The department’s mission is to stimulate the creation, expansion and retention of jobs and growth of investment in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce provides one-stop location assistance to companies considering new domestic or international investment. Oklahoma is one of the best places to pursue the American Dream of financial prosperity, a happy and balanced life, and unlimited opportunities for success. .

Located 38 miles south of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Okmulgee County is strategically located on 4-lane US 75 and Interstate 40, providing quick access to central US markets and coast to coast transportation. Its two largest communities, Okmulgee and Henryetta, offer many strategically located sites for companies looking to expand or relocate. Okmulgee County offers the most comprehensive customized employee training programs in the region through Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee and Green Country Technology Center. OSU's Economic Development and Training Center focuses on assistance to small and medium-sized businesses, particularly in the areas of quality and produce/process improvement.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) serves more than 500,000 customers in 230 communities in Oklahoma. PSO owns seven power plants with generating capabilities of more than 4,000 MW using a diversified mix of coal and natural gas. PSO is part of American Electric Power (AEP), which has 5 million customers in 11 states and is the largest electricity generator in the U.S.

The Tulsa metropolitan area offers an outstanding business climate and quality of life for its 890,926 residents. The cost of living is well below the national average and affordable housing is easy to find. Tulsa’s economic mix consists of manufacturing, telecommunications, aerospace, regional financial services, health sciences, and data processing.

Wagoner is an exciting city which is appropriately called the Gateway to Lake Fort Gibson. Wagoner sits just to the southeast of Tulsa, close enough to enjoy the amenities of the metropolitan area and just far enough away to maintain its identity as a safe and secure small town where its children enjoy the region’s top rated schools. Wagoner proudly boasts its past as being the crossroads for the east-west and the north-south railroad lines and received it’s name because of the "Wagoner switch".