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An executive chef who started a nonprofit to help people buy groceries. A treatment court coordinator who helps people turn their lives around. A bus operator whose smile lights up the room. These are just a few success stories from local employers who have adopted fair chance hiring practices. They shared their experiences at the Fair Chance Hiring

Northeast Oklahoma City is in the midst of an economic renaissance and cultural revival. It all started with EastPoint at NE 23rd and Rhode Island. The development began with just two tenants: The Market grocery store and Centennial Health. It now houses Eastside Pizza House, Kindred Spirits bar and the eclectic coffee shop, Spiked. What makes these

Kacie Cardenas has always been good at numbers. It’s a big reason she landed her current position as director of operations and finance at Box Real Estate & Investments. But the lessons she learned at InternOKC were also part of the equation. Cardenas attended the Chamber’s annual event in 2016, the same year she graduated from Oklahoma

Visit Oklahoma City honored Hometown Heroes on Wednesday night at an award ceremony held at Will Rogers Theatre. The honorees were selected based on their passion for OKC, leadership in the industry, collaborative spirit and ambassadorship for the destination. “It takes a variety of strong, collaborative partners to make Oklahoma City a first-class

One of the biggest challenges facing Oklahoma City businesses is a shortage of talent. We may be able to close the gap by utilizing an untapped labor market: people formerly involved in the justice system. Roughly one in three adult Americans is in that category. That’s 70 million people. Many of them are unemployed or making significantly less than

As the Shawnee community continues to clean up from an EF2 tornado that tore through a major vein of the city, the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber is providing data and research that will help community leaders better connect with businesses impacted along the storm route. The Greater OKC Chamber research team recently met with Shawnee city leadership to

The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber makes more than 250 company visits annually and captures the major challenges and opportunities businesses are experiencing. Below are some of the broad takeaways from those conversations: Oklahoma City employers reported robust hiring through the early part of 2022. This was likely driven by pent-up hiring demand and

At the midpoint of fiscal year 2023, the latest report from the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Advisory County (CJAC) details progress in the work to improve conditions at the Oklahoma County Detention Center. Average jail populations continue their downward trend against the backdrop of chronic and concerning jail overcrowding over the last two decades.