Anatomy of Economic Development: Tulsa

What is happening? Critics are hitting Tulsa’s economic development policies because of rapid growth in the city. The mayor’s response is that many remember when the city didn’t grow, it was the 80s, it wasn’t great.

Why is this important? Tulsa Remote program pays people $10,000 if they move to the city for a year. A review of the Tulsa Remote Program shows 88 %t are college graduates, with an average income of $105,000. Most participant are choosing to stay in Tulsa. 40% had some ties to Tulsa.

How will this be important? The mayor adds, ““We’re in the greatest moment of investment in the history of the city right now. In the last six years, we’ve landed the two largest new employers in the history of the city, the largest economic development investment in the history of the city, opened the largest park gift in the history of the country and passed by the largest margin in city history a capital improvements program.”

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