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Economy

More metro area cities see sales tax declines in March distribution

Oklahoma City experiences its 13th consecutive drop

Heidi Rambo Centrella

Tierra Media Group launches EastWord, an Eastern Oklahoma County publication

Tierra Media Group, parent company to Oklahoma Gazette and OKCBiz magazine, launched a new weekly publication, EastWord, in eastern Oklahoma County March 4.

OKCBiz staff

Lending practices tighten, affecting land development

In 2009, Central Oklahoma continued to see a drop in commercial land development opportunities. Financial institutions tightened their belts on lending practices, and investors held on to their cash, as confidence in the market remained uncertain.

Pamela A. Grady

Metro retailers optimistic about future by planning for it

A leap of faith – that’s what metro retailers call their regular trips to markets in Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and New York to procure product to sell over the next 12 months.

Dean Anderson

Auto industry split on 2010 sales predictions

Oklahoma City metro auto dealers hope to see a recovery in new-vehicle retail sales in 2010, but after a year of sales dropping monthly, that hope is tentative.

Dean Anderson

Cellu Tissue Holdings Inc. leases manufacturing space in OKC

Cellu Tissue Holdings Inc., a manufacturer and converter of tissue products for the private label and away-from-home industries, leased a 325,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 50 N Council Road.

Pamela Grady

Fewer central Oklahoma cities see sales tax declines in February

A compilation of metro area sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission shows fewer cities are seeing declines. Oklahoma City, however, experienced its 12th consecutive drop.

Heidi Rambo Centrella

State treasurer: worst of downturn in the past

"The next six months will be better than the last six months, and the next year will be better than the last year,” Treasurer Scott Meacham said.

Rod Lott

Arts generate more than $300 million for Oklahoma in 2008-2009

Oklahoma’s arts industry generates economic activity of $314.8 million spent by organizations and audiences.

CocoFlow Chocolate Shoppe re-opens in Bricktown

Chocolate and java junkies in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown area may now get their caffeine fix at CocoFlow Chocolate Shoppe, 100 E Main, Ste. 101, in the Mercantile Building next to Citywalk.

Pamela Grady