For generations, Tulsa has tried to capitalize on the natural beauty of the Arkansas River. “We’ve turned our backs to the river for so long,” said Jeff Stava, chief operating officer of the Tulsa Community Foundation and executive director of Tulsa’s Gathering Place, LLC. “The Gathering Place was kind of the first glimpse of more»

AI-infrastructure company Crusoe Energy Systems LLC (Crusoe) announced plans Friday to invest about $10 million into a new Tulsa manufacturing facility that will create 100 new jobs. Founded in 2018, Crusoe has dual headquarters in Denver and San Francisco and operates in seven states and three countries. Its facility in Tulsa, located at 5404 S. 122nd E. more»

Louie Napoleone, director of local business partnerships for Tulsa Innovation Labs, and Tarek Kandalaft, co-founder of Ironbird Studios, were special guests Friday at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s most recent quarterly Aerospace Council meeting. About 45 attendees at NORDAM Group’s Transparency Division heard Napoleone and Kandalaft discuss more»

Three candidates for Tulsa mayor threw verbal punches for an hour Thursday night at a debate at the historic Cain’s Ballroom. And while no one landed a haymaker, businessman Brent VanNorman, Tulsa County Commissioner Karen Keith and Oklahoma Rep. Monroe Nichols all framed their case for succeeding Mayor G.T. Bynum, who is not seeking a third, more»

Spending is out of control at the federal government level, U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern told a Tulsa Regional Chamber audience Tuesday. To illustrate, he said interest on the U.S. debt this year ($1.1 trillion) surpassed the money the country devotes to its military. “We have got to get more fiscally responsible, and it starts with having a budget,” more»

The level of disrepair at Tulsa International Airport’s air traffic control tower is shocking. Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum described just how shocking Thursday. “Now that we are here and we’re getting ready to break ground, I feel like I can finally tell you that for the last 20 years, the single greatest threat to our economic more»

Young workers are seeking more demonstrative feedback from their employers. That was among the messages conveyed Thursday by The Persimmon Group founder and CEO Bill Fournet, who was keynote speaker of the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s State of Workforce and Talent event at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Tulsa-Warren Place. “For a lot of us (leaders), more»

At OU-Tulsa, where the average age of a student is about 35, the goal can be as much about changing a profession as it is prepping for one. Susan Bynum, vice president of OU-Tulsa, said she can relate. “I went to law school in my 30s,” she said. “I did an absolute pivot on my career path. It was so important to me to be able to do that. more»