January 7, 2022

Forward Together: Ponca City Development Authority

TEAM SPORTS Economic development is a team sport. Especially now with a new year and coming out of (hopefully) COVID. Sports are fun, right? To be successful in sports, practice and teamwork are vital to the team success. There has to be communication, but also fun. And your team becomes part of your family. And in many ways, your family becomes part of the team. And on those teams, there is always that breakout teammate(s) or dynamic duo(s) who push the rules or boundaries of what is acceptable on the field or playing the game. PCDA has always strived to be that boundary pusher; the creativity to get the job done. To that end, PCDA staff are here to assist Ponca City business owners, industries and entrepreneurs in their team growth. Keep reading to explore the changes; find some answers and with some teamwork, let's grow our economy even more in 2022. AWARDS Everyone loves an award, right? A visible "Way to go" that your efforts (teamwork even) have been noticed and appreciated. Congratulations to Ponca Works Manager, our very own PCDA'er Liz Leaming for receiving the December Friend of Education Award. Also pictured are Lorrie Layton, Randy Empting and of course, Jack Leaming,her son. Find out more about the presentation here. THE GREAT RESIGNATION You may have noticed more job postings; more open jobs or just hear the term. Ponca Works is the workforce arm of PCDA and assists companies to find employees, but also aids workforce in their search. Call us a matchmaker. Keep reading here for what is driving the current dynamics of work and what skills are in demand, now and for the future. ECONOMIC GARDENING Is growing your own workforce/employers /industries. Economic gardening strives to support the entrepreneurs in the community; with available funding, infrastructure, employees and training. Click here to keep reading about Economic Gardening. After reading, you may have questions. Give us a call at 580.765.7070 and ask. Our team is standing by. TEAM MEMBERS PCDA works with other entities, orgs, education and The City to facilitate economic growth. Do you know the Business Services team at Pioneer Technology Center? Their team is most definitely part of our economic development team. Take a minute to check out all the services, classes and info available to businesses here in Ponca City. Need more? Call the PCDA office or Business Services. We love these guys! UPCOMING EVENTS Jan 7-8 // Winter Blues Sale // Ponca City Main Street Businesses Find out more about the sales on the Ponca City Main Street Page Thursday, Jan 13 // Preparing for the 2022 Tax Season // Online 11am-12 Get ready for tax season with this informative program presented by OK Small Business Dev Center. Register & more information here. Jan 13-16 // MATILDA presented by Evans Performing Arts // Poncan Theatre Tickets available at Poncantheatre.org or at the box office. Thurs-Sun Jan 14-16 & 21-23 // THE TAMING OF THE SHREW // Ponca Playhouse Enjoy some Shakespeare. Locally. Get your tickets at poncaplayhouse.com or at the Playhouse Box Office at 301 S. 1st Street. Wednesday, Jan 26 // Selling Online with E-Commerce Tools // Online 2-3 pm Kickstart your E-Commerce with this informative program presented by the OK Small Business Dev Center. Registration & more information here. Wednesday, Feb 2 // 1 Million Cups // Pioneer Tech Seminar Center - 8:30 am Join your business community to support local businesses as they tell their business story over a cup of coffee. For more information, contact Kat. Rental Property - Available Listings Visit our website ‌ ‌ ‌