OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS INCLUDE

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2 The Tulsa Region has a long history of business success, starting with the oil boom in the early 1900s that brought many oil barons to the city. Oil was discovered just south of Tulsa in 1905 yielding the sweetest crude the world had ever seen. At one time, this city was the largest oil-producing center on earth, with more than 400 oil companies located here. Tulsa soon became known as the Oil Capital of the World. OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS INCLUDE Bartlesville Development Corporation INCOG Bixby Metro Chamber of Commerce MidAmerica Industrial Park Broken Arrow Economic Development Corporation Miami Area Economic Development Service Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce Muscogee (Creek) Nation Since that time, many other industries have found success here: manufacturing, aerospace and transportation, to name a few. Because of area s low cost of doing business and skilled workforce, it is an ideal location for business growth. And as a result, today Tulsa is a vibrant city with many diverse, profitable industries and an ever-expanding array of living and entertainment opportunities. The Cherokee Nation City of Bixby City of Broken Arrow City of Collinsville City of Jenks City of Okmulgee City of Sand Springs City of Sapulpa City of Tulsa City of Owasso Claremore Rogers County Partnership Muskogee City / County Port Authority The Osage Nation Owasso Chamber of Commerce Skiatook Chamber of Commerce Town of Skiatook Tulsa Airport Authority Tulsa County Industrial Authority Tulsa Regional Chamber Tulsa Port of Catoosa Wagoner County Economic Development Authority 2

3 IT IS HOME TO ONE OF THE WORLD S LARGEST AVIATION AND AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE BASES. American Airlines 3.3-million-square-foot Maintenance & Engineering Center is one of the largest of its kind in the world. Besides maintaining its own fleet, American solicits third-party aircraft maintenance and recently completed construction on a new $9.8 million, 81,400-square-foot, wide-body aircraft hangar at Tulsa International Airport. 4

4 IT IS GROWING ITS ENERGY SECTOR. Energy plays a significant role in the region s economy, employing thousands and contributing to a diverse economy. Highlights of recent growth in Tulsa/Northeast Oklahoma include the establishment of Word Industries and Borets-Weatherford s North American headquarters, plus expansions of Midstates Petroleum, Baker Hughes and Cimarex. Other growing energy companies include Williams, ONEOK, Helmerich & Payne, Samson Investment Co., ConocoPhillips, and HollyFrontier Corp. Examples of Tulsa s growing alternative energy sector include Blue Energy Fuels, a designer/builder of CNG fueling stations. IT IS NURTURING ITS PROGRESSIVE CORPORATIONS. The region is home to headquartered companies and regional offices including ConocoPhillips, FlightSafety, QuikTrip Corporation, US Cellular, Verizon, The Bama Companies, Williams Companies and NORDAM. For the 12th straight year, convenience store giant QuikTrip once again captured a spot on Fortune magazine s 2014 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. QuikTrip employs nearly 12,000 people nationwide. 6 7

5 IT IS INVESTING IN ITS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. The Tulsa International Airport (TUL) is undergoing a five-year capital improvement plan for 22 projects to rehab existing infrastructure and add new infrastructure for a total of $150 million. Aside from its 4,000 acres, the airport has an additional 700 acres considered shovel ready. The airport serves five million annually from the four-state region of northeast Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. IT IS HOME TO THE NATION S MOST INLAND WATER PORT. The Tulsa Port of Catoosa offers year-round, ice-free barge service with river flow levels controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and is located at the head of navigation for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in northeast Oklahoma. The port s 2,000-acre industrial park is a fully equipped, multimodal transportation center. 9

6 IT IS PRODUCING HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS AT ITS MANY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. The Tulsa Region is home to seven progressive colleges and universities that have thousands of well-trained graduates each year. Both state schools, OSU-Tulsa and OU-Tulsa, provide higher ed/graduate degrees right here in the city, and the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center offers a number of advanced medical programs. The University of Tulsa has a long list of notable undergraduate degrees, a law school and a petroleum engineering school rated No. 4 in the nation. Oral Roberts University, a private Christian school started by the late Oral Roberts, is known for its graduate seminary and nursing and social services. Oklahoma s largest community college, Tulsa Community College, is found here, as well as the highly specialized Spartan School of Aeronautics, one of the premier aviation and flight schools in the country. The oldest and largest tech school in the Oklahoma Tech Career System, Tulsa Tech, is located here, too. Whatever your field of business, you ll find qualified new hires here to help grow your business. IT IS ATTRACTING YOUNG, CREATIVE TALENT. With more than 7,000 members, Tulsa s Young Professionals (TYPros) is considered among the largest organizations of its kind in the United States and serves as a best practices role model for other metro regions. Part of its mission is to attract and retain college graduates and young professionals. TYPros is also considered an up-and-coming political force

7 IT IS TRAINING STUDENTS TO DEFEND AMERICA S CYBERSPACE. The University of Tulsa (TU) was recently ranked in the top 100 national universities in U.S. News & World Report s Best Colleges TU s Institute for Information Security (isec) faculty and staff have produced some of the country s leading professionals in information security, digital forensics, Internet security, and telecommunications security. IT IS GROWING IN ITS DIVERSITY. Oklahoma ranks among the top in the nation for percentage increase in the Hispanic population between the 2000 census and 2010 population estimates. The estimated increase is 85 percent. Hispanics account for 9.1 percent of the Tulsa MSA s population of 957,933 people. IT IS CONSIDERED AN ACCEPTING AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. An initiative of the Tulsa Regional Chamber, Mosaic s mission is to leverage the region s diversity to create an inclusive community and improve the economic and social climate in the Tulsa region. Chamber leadership has expanded the Chamber s long-term strategic plan to include a diversity and inclusion objective in every facet of all programs. mosaic 12 13

8 IT PUMPED NEARLY $500 MILLION IN PUBLIC MONEY INTO 1.4 SQUARE MILES OF DOWNTOWN. A new arena, new office towers, a renovated convention center, new hotels, new lofts, more parking, street improvements, better way-finding, new street lighting, new parks, new retail, new bars and restaurants, a new ballpark, new art center, new and improving entertainment venues, and more are found in downtown Tulsa. When famed architect César Pelli unveiled his design concept for Tulsa s 18,000-seat BOK Center, he described a structure full of movement, speed and life that will speak to the 21st century. The BOK Center joins famous Pelli-designed structures such as the World Financial Center and Carnegie Hall Tower in New York City, Canary Wharf Tower in London, and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. 15

9 IT RENOVATED AND EXPANDED ITS CONVENTION CENTER. Tulsans invested more than $50 million into the Cox Business Center. The 200,000-square-foot convention center offers 35 breakout rooms, a 9,000-seat arena and Oklahoma s largest ballroom. IT MOVED ITS BALLPARK TO THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN. The Tulsa Drillers, the city s AA baseball club, is part of the oldest professional sports franchise in the city of Tulsa. Professional baseball began in Tulsa in 1905 and has been played for over 100 years. The city recently moved the team into a downtown ballpark, ONEOK Field, which seats 6,200 per game and brings in 400,000 attendees and $55 million per year. IT IS DEVELOPING ITS RIVERFRONT AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS. Highlights include the recently announced $335 million Margaritaville Casino in addition to the highly popular Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Osage Casino. The Oklahoma Aquarium, as well as new retail, restaurant and residential developments grace both sides of the Arkansas River. Tulsa s Oktoberfest is consistently one of the top events held in the region each year. Downtown, $15 million from the Vision2025 package funded the construction of the Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza and the renovation of the adjacent Route 66 bridge

10 IT IS ANCHORED BY RIVER PARKS AND TRAILS THAT EXTEND 50 MILES AROUND THE CITY. Tulsa River Parks is an 800-acre city park that runs for more than 10 miles along the banks of the Arkansas River, connecting downtown to south Tulsa with a landscaped trail and picnic areas. Private donors raised $111 million for trail enhancements, including a new $3 million QuikTrip Plaza. A Gathering Place, a new $350 million 90-acre park, will break ground in late 2014 adjacent to the River Parks offerning residents a world-class one-of-kind destination for all to enjoy. IT IS SEEING ITS BLUE DOME AND BRADY DISTRICTS EMERGE AS CENTERS OF ART AND ENTERTAINMENT. The legendary Cain s Ballroom and the haunted national treasure Brady Theater together bring more than 100,000 visitors to Tulsa s downtown every year. Bars, restaurants and a burgeoning community of artists living and working downtown form the nucleus of Tulsa s A&E district. 19

11 OKLAHOMA GREEN COUNTRY COUNTY MAP KANSAS IT IS BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE THROUGH THE TULSA S FUTURE PROGRAM. Since 2011 Tulsa s Future has created 18,800 jobs and added more than $700 million to the region s payroll. At least 19 new businesses have been created and 196 businesses have expanded. New community development projects have been funded for river development, infrastructure and school bonds. And the region is actively working to attract talent via ChooseTulsaJobs. com and other workforce initiatives. Tulsa and Northeast Oklahoma are so many great things, and they all add up to create an ideal place for the location of your next business relocation or expansion. Starting back in the days of the oil boom and continuing today, many businesses have found success here thanks to our educated workforce, low cost of doing business, central location and ease of transportation. You ll also find it s a welcoming city with an active community that s perfect for your employees and their families or visiting business associates. And you ll discover that when you re looking for the right mix of business productivity and quality of life, the Tulsa Region is the right place to grow your business. PAWNEE Burbank Pawnee Elev. 866 Ralston Apperson Grainola Lyman Webb City Skedee Maramec Quay Shidler Fairfax Blackburn Jennings Foraker Pearsonia OSAGE Cleveland Oilton Hallett Olive Drumright Silver City Shamrock Depew Milfay Pawhuska Elev. 879 Pershing Terlton Wynona Bellvue Hominy Osage Westport Mannford Lawrence Creek Bristow CREEK Bigheart Nelagoney Tallant Barnsdall Prue Lotsee Bowring Hulah Bartlesville Elev. 715 Okesa Sand Springs Sapulpa Elev. 726 Kellyville Slick Wolco Avant Skiatook Kiefer Mounds Sperry Turley Winchester Beggs Preston Owen Ochelata WASHINGTON Lenapah NOWATA Foyil ROGERS CRAIG MAYES New Tulsa Jenks Broken Arrow Oneta WAGONER Wagoner Elev. 586 Glenpool Coweta Bixby Leonard TULSA Stone Bluff Red Bird Liberty Porter Okay Bryant Hectorville Copan Bald Hill OKMULGEE Schulter Henryetta Dewey Ramona Kusa Salem Vera Collinsville Owasso Tulsa Elev. 744 Wann Okmulgee Elev. 670 Morris Grayson Hoffman Dewar Elliott Delaware Nowata Elev. 708 Talala Watova Oologah Verdigris Catoosa Eram Fair Oaks Haskell Pierce Jamesville Hitchita South Coffeyville Sageeyah Tiawah Childers Coodys Bluffs Bushyhead Choska Sequoyah Centralia Mazie Taft Yahola Muskogee Elev. 605 Crekola MUSKOGEE Brush Hill Boynton New Wainwright Council Hill Stidham McINTOSH Vivian Eufaula Elev. 617 Raiford Alluwe Claremore Elev. 610 Inola Tullahassee Onapa Longtown Chelsea Summit Hollow Adair Sportsman Acres Chouteau Oktaha Rentiesville Checotah Keefeton White Oak Green Warner Pyramid Corners Vinita Elev. 700 Big Cabin Patton Pryor Elev. 633 Pensacola Porum Murphy Briartown Welch Ft. Gibson Ketchum Grand Lake Towne Langley Strang Spavinaw Salina Lost City Rose Locust Grove Braggs Webbers Falls Bluejacket Hulbert Cardin Picher Commerce Quapaw North Miami Miami Elev. 801 Ottawa Cleora Chloeta Narcissa New Eucha Colcord DELAWARE CHEROKEE Peggs Zeb Gore Disney Moodys Gideon Tahlequah Elev. 872 Afton Bernice Keys Fairland Leach Park Hill Paradise Hill Aqua Park Box Vian Oaks Scraper Welling Eldon Zena Twin Oaks Cookson McKey Wyandotte Grove Jay Elev Kansas Proctor Peoria Lyons Bunch OTTAWA Moseley West Siloam Flint Springs Blanch Christie Watts Ballard Baron ADAIR ARKANSAS SEQUOYAH Marble City Brushy Westville Stilwell Elev Sallisaw Elev. 526 Gans Muldrow Redland Short Roland Moffett Vernon Hanna More than 140 public and private sector investors including 30 regional partners in Northeast Oklahoma support Tulsa s Future s efforts. 20 CITIES & TOWNS 21

12 POPULATION GROWTH RATES PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE Tulsa MSA 9.1% 3.5% Oklahoma 8.7% 3.5% U.S. 9.7% 3.8% Source: U.S. Census Bureau/Demographics Now June 2014 COST OF LIVING INDEX TULSA MSA AS PERCENT OF U.S. AVERAGE COST OF DOING BUSINESS AS PERCENT OF U.S. AVERAGE Tulsa MSA 85.0% Oklahoma 89.0% Tulsa MSA Composite Index 89.1% Grocery 92.7% Housing 65.6% Utilities 98.3% Transportation 97.6% Health Care 97.0% Miscellaneous 98.8% Source: C2ER First Quarter 2014 PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME SELECT GEOGRAPHIES Growth Rate U.S. $42,298 $43, % Tulsa MSA $43,450 $45, % Tulsa County $48,343 $50, % Oklahoma $38,960 $40, % Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, May 2014 ESTIMATED MIX OF EDUCATION ATTAINMENT AS PERCENT OF AGE 25+ POPULATION Tulsa MSA Oklahoma U.S. Grade K 8 2.9% 3.7% 4.8% Grade % 9.1% 8.3% High School Graduate 29.8% 31.8% 28.3% Some College, No Degree 24.7% 24.5% 21.2% Associate s Degree 8.3% 6.9% 7.7% Bachelor s Degree 17.5% 15.6% 17.9% Graduate Degree 7.7% 7.6% 10.6% Source: Demographics Now May 2014 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND STATISTICS RECENT RANKINGS Employment Unemployment Labor Force Unemployment Rate No. 1 city Top 10 Most Budget-Friendly Metros (Apartment Guide 2014) No. 1 best city for young entrepreneurs in the U.S. (Forbes 2013) No. 5 nationally for new and expanded facilities among Tier II cities (Site Selection 2014) No. 7 nationwide - Oklahoma s personal income growth (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis 2014) No. 7 best city for starting a business (WalletHub.com 2014) March 2014 March 2014 Feb Jan Mar Oklahoma 1,734,287 89,610 1,823, % 5.0% 5.2% 5.2% Tulsa MSA* 425,750 23, , % 5.6% 5.6% 5.5% U.S. 145,742,000 10,486, ,227, % 6.7% 6.6% 7.5% Arkansas 1,238,845 91,773 1,330, % 7.1% 7.3% 7.4% Kansas 1,417,401 73,056 1,490, % 4.9% 4.8% 5.5% Louisiana 2,002,546 93,446 2,095, % 4.5% 4.9% 6.4% Missouri 2,836, ,209 3,040, % 6.4% 6.0% 6.6% New Mexico 872,628 65, , % 6.7% 6.6% 6.9% Texas 12,246, ,214 12,958, % 5.7% 5.7% 6.4% No. 7 among top 10 medium-sized cities for young entrepreneurs (Under30CEO 2013) *Not adjusted for seasonality Source: Precis Metro, Moody s Economy.com March Top 10 Best Places in Oklahoma to live - Jenks, Bartlesville and Owasso (Movoto RE 2014)

13 2014 Tulsa Regional Chamber TULSA REGIONAL CHAMBER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Williams Center Tower I One West Third Street, Suite 100 Tulsa, Oklahoma t