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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">In case you missed it…. Here is a link to an article about the Placemaking trainings coming up later this year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Oklahoma Department of Commerce [mailto:info@marketing.okcommerce.gov]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 01, 2017 7:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kelli Yadon <Kelli.Yadon@okcommerce.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> New Pioneer #2 - 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#193F66">Incubators Accelerate Startup Businesses’ Success<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Incubators success stories in Oklahoma over the past year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#193F66">Oklahoma Selected for Cultivating Place in Main Street Communities Trainings<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">A series of intensive trainings designed to strengthen and expand Main Street’s capacity for implementing placemaking strategies and public space improvements.
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#193F66">NASA Awards $166 Million Grant to OU<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The grant will advance understanding of Earth’s natural exchanges of carbon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#193F66">New and Expanding Companies Annual Report 2016<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">In 2016, there were 66 announcements made statewide, totaling over $2.2 billion in new investment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#193F66">Construction Finishing on UFPI Shawnee Location<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Advice for communities seeking new and expanding business from Executive Director for Shawnee Economic Development Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#193F66">ODOC Takes on Role of State Data Center<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Census Bureau Offers Broad Range of Information to Businesses, Communities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#193F66">Upcoming Events and Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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