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The consultant hired by Paris Economic Development Corp. to attract retail businesses to Paris says what he terms large deals he is working on could fall through because of the action Paris City Council took earlier this week. With a 4-2 vote Monday, the council sent the PEDC’s budget back to...

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Ellicott Looking Into Retail Possibilities Along Exits ELLICOTT - More retail development one day may be coming to three Interstate 86 exits in the area. Town of Ellicott officials have hired Retail Attractions LLC to look to the possibility of adding more retail businesses in the town. At a recen...

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Rickey Hayes, founder and CEO of an economic consulting firm that focuses on retail development, said Panda Express is just one of many companies with their eye on the city. The 56-year-old Paris native heads Retail Attractions, upon which the Paris Economic Development Corporation has relied since...

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ENID, Okla. — Enid city commissioners Tuesday night approved a contract with LodgeWell Group LLC to construct a downtown hotel and parking garage.  The contract formalized terms under which LodgeWell will construct a $14 million Hilton Garden Inn adjacent to the new Enid Event Center and C...

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Business is booming in Muskogee — at least on Shawnee Bypass. Shawnee Bypass to Walmart or Main Street and U.S. 69 is where the main interest is for big developers, said City Manager Greg Buckley. The amount of traffic in that area is tremendous, with 21,436 vehicles passing between 11th...

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Travel center expected by third quarter of 2014 Economic development experts say plans announced Thursday by QuikTrip officials to invest in the Muskogee market should hasten development at the busy intersection of U.S. 69 and Shawnee Bypass. The Tulsa-based company, ranked by Fortune Magazine...

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Most of the 30,000 cities and towns in the U.S. have economic development staffs calling businesses in an attempt to recruit them. Liberal is no different. But like many of the other 30,000, trying to get to talk to the site selecting personnel for a retail company is almost impossible. One maj...

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ENID, Okla. — Enid city commissioners viewed a proposed development plan for a new downtown hotel in their regular meeting Tuesday night. David Owen and Dave Mashburn, of LodgeWell LLC, of Overland Park, Kan., presented the city with a plan that calls for developing a 131-room hotel downtown in ...

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