Business Retention and Expansion
Eighty-eight percent of new jobs are created by the region’s existing businesses. The Business Retention and Expansion program assists Tulsa-area companies with overcoming barriers to growth, leveraging expansion opportunities, workforce issues and other areas.
Business Attraction Marketing
Tulsa balances convenience, affordability and a great quality of life with a talented workforce, a central location and a pro-business atmosphere. External marketing efforts tout these attributes to key corporations and site location experts to recruit new companies to the region.
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
Eighty-two percent of all Tulsa-area businesses have fewer than 10 employees. Tulsa’s Future concentrates efforts on cultivating entrepreneurs, marketing available small business resources, and expanding opportunities to more diverse constituencies.
Education and Workforce Attraction
Tulsa’s Future fully engages the business community to positively impact the community’s K-12 and higher education systems. Additionally, the plan optimizes the region’s talent recruitment efforts through key business partnerships, ChooseTulsaJobs.com and Tulsa’s Young Professionals.
Advocacy and Outreach
The Chamber builds consensus with regional partners on priority issues and effectively influences state, federal and local legislation. The Tulsa’s Future plan includes the formation of a political action committee to support pro-business candidates.
Community Development
Comprehensive community and regional planning is a primary focus in order to capitalize on investments made in both the public and private sectors. Key economic generators for the gretaer Tulsa region include the Arkansas River corridor and Tulsa's downtown district.