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MILESTONES Celebrating the Anniversaries of Oklahoma 2021 Companies & Organizations PERIODICAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE JOURNAL RECORD | FEBRUARY 2021
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Two Leadership Square 211 N. Robinson, Suite 201-S MILESTONES 2021 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 405-235-3100 www.journalrecord.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Group Publisher Lisa Blossman Interim Editor Joe Dowd DOERNER, SAUNDERS, DANIEL & ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Advertising Director & Events Manager NBC OKLAHOMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sarah Barrow Multimedia Sales Executives A.R.K. RAMOS MANUFACTURING COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Vicki Madden Shelly Sanderson NORMAN REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Laura Watts Graphic Design TINKER FEDERAL CREDIT UNION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Wendy Martin For subscription information, TRUE SKY CREDIT UNION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 call 800-451-9998 or go to JournalRecord.com. To advertise, call 405-278-2830. LEADERSHIP OKLAHOMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN! AND THE FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP AWARD Do you know an outstanding CEO or CFO? The Journal Record is now accepting nominations for our annual Oklahoma’s Most Admired CEOs event. Nominate your CEO, President or Executive Director to let them know you think they are doing a great job. Nominations close on March 28. To nominate go to: http://bit.ly/OKC-CEO21-Nominations Milestones 2021 3
125 years Left: Founders (from left to right) E. J. Doerner, Dickson M. Saunders, Samuel Moore, Dobie Langenkamp, Harry D. Mooreland, Harold C. Stuart Middle: (from left to right) Business client Sabih Kalidy, D. Benham Kirk, Shayla Dobson, Tom Ferguson and Cynthia Hanner Right: (from left to right) D. Benham Kirk, Michael English, Kaylee Davis-Maddy, Sara Potts, Philip Feist, H. Wayne Cooper and Jon Brightmire Two W. Second St., Suite #700, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (918) 582.1211 www.dsda.com DOERNER, SAUNDERS, DANIEL & ANDERSON Before Oklahoma became a state and when Tulsa was considered Indian founding director of Utica National Bank and Trust Co., a long-term director Territory, Oklahoma’s first federal judge, Charles B. Stuart, left the judicial of Atlas Life Insurance Co. and Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Co., and bench and formed a law firm. Today, that law firm is known as Doerner, counsel to both Parker Drilling Co. and Reading & Bates for their initial public Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP and is celebrating its 125th anniversary. The offerings. Daniel was responsible for many of the firm’s high-profile litigation full-service firm has offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. cases. By the early 1980s, William C. “Bill” Anderson had become a partner, “We were founded in a time when lawyers were counselors and kept long- and the firm’s name was complete; he had been a law clerk for the federal judge term relationships. That philosophy continues,” said Tom Ferguson, DSDA’s Alfred P. Murrah. managing partner who has been with the firm 34 years. “The key to a long Shayla Dobson, marketing manager for DSDA, attributed the firm’s relationship is being able to provide solid judgment, advice and counseling longevity to three reasons: its commitment to putting clients first in all matters; to clients.” its ability to adapt and change; to a healthy firm culture that incorporates Connecting the firm to its history since its founding in 1896 is its commitment teamwork at every level. to people, he added. “We have from the beginning had attorneys who were “With a big project, it’s all-hands-on-deck to knock out major tasks,” she interested in teaching the next generation – not just legal skills, but professional said. “I know I can call on any of our colleagues … anyone at any hour, and and ethical conduct, how to run a business and how to create a culture that is they’ll respond.” fair to people and makes them want to hang around a long time,” Ferguson The law firm has nearly 25 practice areas including corporate law, banking said. “Those skills … keep us firmly connected to our territorial origins.” and finance, litigation, oil and gas, Native American law, real estate, and From the beginning, Doerner lawyers “were leaders who were helping transactional matters. to shape our region.” Stuart was the first president of the Oklahoma Bar Even though the technology has changed, most recently as the pandemic Association and served as president of the Indian Territory Bar Association. has required creative virtual solutions, the firm’s values have remained Stuart partnered with E.J. Doerner, and the firm grew over the years. First consistent, Dobson and Ferguson said. with the addition of Stuart’s son, Harold Stuart, and Dickson M. Saunders in the “What drives us is finding the right solution for our clients,” he said. “In 1950s, and then Sam P. Daniel in the 1960s. growing a law firm that addresses the vital issues, we’ve assembled a team that Saunders brought with him to the law firm a strong business reputation as brings legal expertise and genuine concern for clients and the community.” 4 Milestones 2021 The Journal Record
90 years Left: NBC Oklahoma CEO H.K. Hatcher, left, and Chairman Ken Fergeson at the Oklahoma Bankers Hall of Fame luncheon when Fergeson was inducted into the inaugural class. Middle: In 2020, NBC celebrated its move to a flagship location at NW 63rd and Western in Oklahoma City. Right: NBC Oklahoma employees, with matching funds from the bank itself, raised more than $104,000 for The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Bethany and presented the check during a special celebration. 6301 N Western, Oklahoma City, OK 73118 405-748-9100 nbc.bank NBC OKLAHOMA Member FDIC AFTER 90 YEARS, NBC OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO BE “PEOPLE YOU CAN BANK ON” In 1931, W.B. Gover started the National Bank of Commerce in Altus more than $104,000 to The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital in the middle of the Great Depression. Ninety years later, the bank now in Bethany. In 2019 and 2020, NBC gave each employee $100 to give known as NBC Oklahoma has weathered other economic downturns away to help someone else during the holidays. Employees give their by making sound financial decisions, helping build its communities and time as individuals to nonprofits and often volunteer for community meeting its customers’ needs. events. The bank also provides ongoing support for the Center of Boxes of photos depicting decades of happy employees and bank Family Love in Okarche, among others. remodeling projects through the years only tell part of NBC’s story, The bank also has an art gallery, the Wigwam Gallery in Altus, which but they do reflect the bank’s 90 years of community involvement demonstrates the bank’s and Fergeson’s longtime support of the arts in and taking care of customers. The handwritten bank ledgers and Oklahoma and improving people’s quality of life through art. The bank typewritten letters from the bank’s early days have given way to modern each year commissions an artist to do an original work as part of its banking using the latest technology, but NBC has never wavered in its NBC Artist Series, handing out prints, posters and postcards of it. NBC commitment to its motto of being “People You Can Bank On,” said also has commissioned large-scale public works of art. Chairman Ken Fergeson. “I’ve always loved public art, which is free for anyone to enjoy and “Helping others – that’s exactly what we do. We help them start serves as a landmark for a community,” Fergeson has said. “Such art a business. We help them buy a home. We help them plant a crop,” gives a place an identity and residents a sense of pride.” Fergeson said. “It’s like the heartbeat of the town. If you don’t have a Hatcher said the bank has always fostered a strong and positive bank in your town that is local that is willing to pitch in, then your town culture that prioritizes doing the right thing over making a profit, taking is not going to prosper and it’s not going to grow.” care of customers and making sound financial decisions. NBC is an $800-million state bank that has offices in Oklahoma City, “At NBC we genuinely strive to live our values in the way we treat our Enid, Kingfisher and Altus. Fergeson acquired the bank in Altus in 1985. employees and customers and put others’ needs ahead of our own. We As the bank has grown, so has its ongoing support of its communities. have been a strong bank in good times and bad, and we will continue to In 2019 the bank matched employees fundraising efforts to donate be here for our people long into the future,” Hatcher said. Milestones 2021 5
75 years Left: Brendan Ramos, Vice President & Courtney Ramos-Fincher, President/CEO. Middle: A cast bronze seal with sculpted center elements Right: Founder Max Ramos working on wooden casting patterns circa 1940-1950. 1321 S. Walker Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102 405-235-5505 www.arkramos.com A.R.K. RAMOS MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN 1946, FOUR MEN FOUNDED ONE OF THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL SIGNAGE CASTING FOUNDRIES IN THE HEART OF OKC In October of 1946, one of the first industrial signage casting take over at the time. The call to continue leading our family owned foundries was born in the heart of OKC and was run by three men, business could not have been clearer and I’m so thankful to have had Adams, Ramos, and Karrant. Max Ramos bought out his partners in the opportunity.” Courtney said. 1960, creating what is known today as A.R.K. Ramos Manufacturing A.R.K. Ramos Manufacturing Company celebrates it’s 75th year Company, establishing what has become a 4th generation family of business this year. They offer high quality cast plaques and letters, owned and operated business. their product line covers a full array of cast and etched metal plaques, Unfortunately Max Ramos passed in 1990, leaving his wife Beatrice along with cast, cut and fabricated metal letters. Their products are Ramos to handle the management of the company throughout the available in a variety of metals including aluminum, brass, bronze, 90’s and 2000’s. A.R.K. Ramos Manufacturing Company has been stainless steel and zinc. led by a member of the Ramos family for nearly all of the 75 years, “When I began working at A.R.K. Ramos, I started in the foundry when Bea Ramos passed in 2013 now CEO/President Courtney and because of this, I know what it takes to produce quality products Ramos-Fincher and her brother, Vice President, Brendan Ramos from start to finish. Had I started out on the leadership team, instead knew it was their time to take the helm and continue to build upon of having foundry experience, I might not have been as prepared their grandparent’s legacy. As recent college graduates and having today to run this business.” Brendan said. worked in every department of the business throughout high school Determined to bring this 75-year-old business into 2021, Courtney and college, Courtney and Brendan felt prepared to lead the family and Brendan continue to focus on what the company is known for: business into the next century. craftsmanship and a high level of customer service. “I’ve always felt like a leader, whether it was being part of the OU They value each customer who chooses A.R.K. Ramos and are Campus Activities Council or creating various side businesses. I knew ready to see this business through the next 75 years! I had the ability, even though some would say we were too young to 6 Milestones 2021 The Journal Record
75 years Left: The Norman Regional HealthPlex was built in 2009 at Interstate 35 and Tecumseh Road in Norman, OK. Middle: A nurse cares for a patient in the Norman Regional Intensive Care Unit during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Right: Nurses walk outside what was then known as Norman Municipal Hospital in 1950. 901 N. Porter Avenue, Norman, OK 73071 General Phone: 405-307-1000 Find A Physician: 405-515-5000 www.NormanRegional.com NORMAN REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM ITS DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY WAS CLEAR FROM ITS FOUNDING; STILL MEETING GROWING NEEDS OF COMMUNITY Norman Regional Health System has gone through many dramatic than 3,900 people and has more than 350 physicians credentialed changes over the past 75 years. However, one thing that has never on the medical staff. wavered is Norman Regional’s commitment to life-saving work and In addition to the work that is done within the walls of Norman the health and wellness of the communities’ it serves. Those who Regional, moves to bolster community care also include involvement carry out this life-saving work are referred to as “healers.” with citywide efforts such as Kids Are Special People, support On June 2, 1946 Norman Municipal Hospital opened with of health assistants and nurses at Norman Public Schools, free 61 beds and 29 employees, giving Norman a hospital system community health and wellness screenings, and wellness initiatives. that provided healing to a community that had been without a With 75 years of growth and innovation, the plans to evolve further healthcare facility for too long. Norman Regional’s dedication to are still in motion for Norman Regional. A new transformational plan serving the community was evident from the beginning as it didn’t called Inspire Health will expand healthcare offerings to the community take long to witness the rapid growth and expansion taking place to and bring to south-central Oklahoma five key components including: meet the needs of the community. HealthPlex acute care hospital expansion, Ambulatory Care Center, Today in 2021, Norman Regional is a multi-campus system a cancer center, a new freestanding emergency department in East that serves the healthcare and wellness needs of south central Norman, a Behavioral Health Hospital and the revitalization of the Oklahoma. It has expanded to two acute-care hospitals in Norman, historic Norman Regional Hospital’s Porter campus. These new OK as well as Norman Regional Moore, a medical facility which projects are scheduled to be complete by 2023. As the ever-changing houses an emergency room, physician offices, imaging, lab, physical landscape of healthcare and our community pushes forward, so will therapy and more. The Health System has grown to employ more Norman Regional. Milestones 2021 7
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75 years Left: October 15, 2020: The Choctaw branch opened, offering features such as state-of-the-art ITMs and a coffee shop. Middle: September, 1958: Military personnel are officially accepted into TFCU’s field of membership. Right: TFCU’s original branch location on Tinker Air Force Base. 32 locations across Oklahoma P.O. Box 45750, Tinker AFB, OK 73145 1-800-456-4828 TinkerFCU.org TINKER FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF YOU + TFCU In early 1946, a small group of Tinker Field employees pooled their improve their quality of life. Taking a hands-on approach to service, resources to build a different and better way to save and borrow in 2016, TFCU sponsored projects with Purple Heart Homes to help money. On March 20, 1946, the Oklahoma Secretary of State signed renovate homes for disabled veterans. With a desire to continue to a Certificate of Incorporation and the institution now known as Tinker help local heroes, in 2018, the TFCU Foundation was created with the Federal Credit Union (TFCU) was officially born. The credit union primary mission of helping Oklahoma veterans, police, firefighters opened its first branch with a small volunteer staff on Tinker Air Force and active duty military, by providing them accessibility and safety Base. And, by the end of 1946, the credit union had $4,000 in assets, in their homes. 152 members and 45 borrowers. TFCU continues to navigate the changes and challenges facing Since opening its doors 75 years ago, TFCU has grown to become its members, through good times and tough times—expanding the largest credit union in Oklahoma, with $5 billion in assets, more products and services and adapting to quickly-advancing technology than 415,000 members worldwide and 32 branch locations. With and an ever-evolving culture. TFCU is committed to returning full-service branches statewide, the credit union serves Tinker Air profits to its members through higher dividends, lower loan rates and Force Base, Vance Air Force Base and the employees of more than no-fee or low-fee services. The credit union’s focus is on keeping 1,200 Oklahoma companies and associations. In addition to having a their members’ finances secure, so they can focus on what makes strong presence in Oklahoma City, TFCU also has a brick and mortar them happy. presence in Tulsa, Enid, Stillwater, Shawnee, Ada and a new state-of- “TFCU is steadfast in carrying out its mission ‘to help members the-art branch in Choctaw. achieve their goals and realize their dreams’ today and into the future,” Through the years, being active in Oklahoma communities has said Matt Stratton, TFCU svp/marketing. “Because, we get it. And to become part of the fabric of TFCU. The credit union offers free us, that’s what it’s all about—giving back to Oklahoma communities financial education workshops and personalized financial coaching and serving our members.” to help empower children and adults to manage their money and Milestones 2021 9
75 years Left: The True Sky Credit Union board is excited to break ground at their future branch location at NE 50th and Martin Lu- ther King Jr. Ave. . Middle: True Sky Credit Union’s Sky Crew teamed up with Northeast Church or Christ to giveaway hundreds of Thanksgiving turkeys to families. Right: True Sky Credit Union’s ribbon cutting ceremony for its ninth branch located in Moore in November 2019. 10201 S Western Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73139 405-682-1990 TrueSkyCU.org TRUE SKY CREDIT UNION CELEBRATING 75 YEARS Seventy-five years ago, a group of employees at what is now In the last few months, the “Sky Crew” has donated to the known as the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center pooled their popular Nappy Roots bookstore in northeast Oklahoma City resources together to collect $100 and start a credit union to serve that was in danger of closing, written thank-you notes to Norman employees and family members who worked as part of the Civil Regional Health Plex healthcare workers, given away 500 turkeys at Aeronautics Administration, known today as the Federal Aviation Thanksgiving, and made 15,000 phone calls to check on members Administration (FAA). during the pandemic. After a charter change to a community-based credit union that Jon Skelly, True Sky’s vice president of marketing and community expanded its reach beyond the FAA, and a name change in 2016, development, said the credit union’s fastest-growing member True Sky Credit Union has grown to 56,000 members and nine segment are millennials who connect with the credit union’s mission branches serving central Oklahoma. Two additional branches are of supporting the community and helping first-time borrowers. slated to open in early 2021 and will join those in Norman, Moore, “We often say that people are intentional about interacting with South OKC, the aeronautical center, Mustang, Yukon and Edmond. brands that mirror their values, beliefs and philosophies and that’s True Sky’s priorities stem from the credit union philosophy of a not- where a lot of our growth comes from,” said Skelly. for-profit entity that is member-owned and serves those members. It True Sky also recently won a national award from the Credit Union focuses on giving back to the community through financial education, National Association -- the Louise Herring Award given to credit a “Sky Crew” that performs random acts of kindness and symbiotic unions that demonstrate the credit union philosophy of helping partnerships with other organizations. people. The recognition came for its Furlough Action Assistance “It’s the DNA of credit unions. Credit unions were formed program that helped people affected by the government shutdown to provide financial services to people who were unbanked and in 2019. True Sky offered no- and low-interest loans and other benefits underserved,” True Sky CEO and President Sean Cahill said. “We are that totaled more than $10 million. In the end, people paid back every people helping people and reinvesting in our communities is a way dollar of these loans. for us to do that.” 10 Milestones 2021 The Journal Record
35 years Left: Members of the Leadership Oklahoma Board of Directors: FR: Deena Fisher, Michele Hockersmith, Immediate Past Chair Scott Stidham, Chair Lana Reynolds, BR: Ginny Bass Carl, Incoming Chair Tom Evans Middle: YLOK Right: LOK Class Members prepare to repel at Ft. Sill as part of their basic training and understanding of the significance of the military in Oklahoma. 3037 NW 63rd Street, West Building 104 Oklahoma City, OK 73116 405-848-0001 www.leadershipoklahoma.com LEADERSHIP OKLAHOMA ENHANCING THE ABILITY OF OKLAHOMA’S LEADERS TO WORK TOWARD POSITIVE LASTING CHANGE Leadership Oklahoma has educated and inspired Oklahoma’s Leadership Oklahoma’s very active Membership Program leaders for 35 years. It was founded to expand the knowledge and continues the education of members with unique experiences and understanding of business and community leaders from across events across the state and provides personal and professional Oklahoma on the issues facing the state and to create a dynamic networking opportunities for participants from different class years. network of leaders whose increased awareness and commitment to Leadership Oklahoma also recognizes the importance of investing service will create lasting change. in our youth. We want to entice our youth to want to stay in, or return The history of LOK dates back to 1986 when a group of Oklahoma to, Oklahoma. In the summer of 2001, LOK expanded its mission leaders began a series of meetings and discussions based on the by building a program that would help accomplish this goal. Youth belief that we all have a stake in developing the prosperity and Leadership Oklahoma (YLOK) was established to develop in our confronting the problems of our state. They shared the conviction young leaders a hope, pride and responsibility for Oklahoma’s future. that our leadership must understand the complex differences and LOK is making a difference and wants to be a partner of positive relationships that drive Oklahoma in order to find effective solutions. change. There is an active network of over 1682 graduates from 190 Each year, LOK brings together 50 of the state’s most outstanding communities developing real solutions to make Oklahoma a better leaders for an issues-oriented class program. Monthly sessions held in state through involvement in state issues and leadership in the private, various communities address the critical challenges facing our state. public, and nonprofit sectors. They have dedicated themselves Participants are chosen through a rigorous application process and to the cause through active participation in hundreds of boards selected from across the state to represent Oklahoma’s professional, and committees. Leadership Oklahoma is about collaborating, geographical, and cultural diversity. The goal is to tap the energies connecting with others and working for a better Oklahoma. of diverse leaders that represent a microcosm of our state to initiate positive change for the benefit of all Oklahomans. Milestones 2021 11
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JOURNAL RECORD FILE PHOTO ioE xp , e P a c i ee t or-r exe erger, e sident to customers beginning b s is t P or di en o se is he the H ca i ur n ns grow th . mo me Devon oil production up for Q4 eer dw he d t d i 5 du yea itio itio sit. pe mer rce al h sts auprin e r Monday, Feb . 24 m dp r ax en e ca n us m AS t re r sk gi has team men d ’s ve the bers artne comm ellne rc cia nt oiash Ch t t ed f ca more st Fund ecutive develop er, the Fun s Bu e pre Dividend increased by 22% wo ns tha l-s syl e R bly C ried in res r on ner n t ir st r; Jame tive vic *Please note: the Data portion of the premium & + • s l ir ex p big Con pate to co ring w unic« 3 »s am u ylv t t er va e la ta g s o en l lMo ar p h o r y F g it s o m ic l C ar t y F n r ld an hi vic ni pu st x to tha jus als sa t t ins we ita ese at nit urin fit econ ichae elopm en u n it it office r execu OSU graduate named GM of new g b we er co ect th nalis mmu ith p ation as h l ct T m tax convention hotel Steve Keenan s t v M m io a U U u d subscription is non-refundable. River assets. strength,” said Dave Hager, president and t BY JOURNAL RECORD STAFF c e b i o r s c ru Co n f cre ead, se has been named general OKLAHOMA CITY – Devon Energy i au a s tax a M lic Devon’s board of directors approved n C C M th s in CEO of Oklahoma City-based Devon. e co ran cos . M en rest pro ed ev r. O er al ll ti cre ness rpora e dots c fac icate ssion is n a non y hir using D ce ft , is a fed manager of the Omni Hotel in it offi TH on Tuesday reported sharply higher oil a 22% increase in its quarterly common Devon reported a net loss for the se ur w dv ed an $3 20 Be Be ed e 1 ave g p The n recentl chie asury downtown Oklahoma CityCity . h am, production for the fourth quarter and the stock dividend to 11 cents per share from quarter of $642 million, or $1.70 per sts ce ts ed o f cred d with E ottom le Carper, an Brod m 2.6 15, rke rke ica 20 M atie board of directors rewarded shareholders 9 cents. The increased dividend is payable diluted share. The loss for the quarter a to AS ge ou oca ica all, se co progr te pic for e r. can ate of pla and ic- e H rogr U.S. Tre by increasing the dividend 22%. on June 30 to shareholders of record as of included a non-cash impairment charge atio f th s chie acte bED Mike dit p Oil production for the fourth quarter the close of business on June 15. related to divestiture of Barnett Shale a in whic mpan ms h re. P mplo tu re Cs ry p ld te l lio illio mi Pen ley ley re p mo edic nts d Jo an ganiz CEO o c, to be it so contr e e urb averaged 160,000 barrels per day, a 28% “The 22% increase in our quarterly assets. Adjusting for this charge and other fro m CEIO r; an SUBMITTE D a h ns CFO ; x Cre ed by th increase from the fourth quarter of 2018. dividend is the latest example of Devon’s items analysts typically exclude from t a be s, l . s e T rg O Increased production was attributable commitment to return cash to shareholders estimates, Devon’s core earnings were 33 em h in y a a y e to efficiency gains attained across the o t and reflects the confidence we have in n n l i n n atie -c ret a m o m er ti al e as w is d ffi ce ts Ta rt la plo h s th rti es company’s Delaware Basin and Powder be ien our underlying business and financial o o o sy o Turn to DEVON » p14 nt om $2 one sp form Atlan irst Fund rv to se -time. o ck dent an ndingR o PHOT O/ ke at oper s suppo yee turn ealth e po cipa to th un ts. w If t n c n u n o lva ted i- do y di . Mid ago d , cl si r. Mar New program a s’ p cou b rem ld m enefi ntial n in te tio e Promise to reopen grocery store ‘broken’ bu ere he ysto pp n ca nia in a s r m .3 y, sc str Corp munity om Chic post fu F ll ly,” ic tu re rt, pre ief le s office help l org - W co lat to b o sc r G tar AS re e e c o b th o f th ENpy ct, o T i Com expert fr e atic al P nco u ta n d ch iati ve s. cred it th at s. lo ca x ium ak t cos to d ei n p illi es M to th ram si- Beta residen gic init otion ent ject e of two deral ta , a oc n e VEoLnOP ing d ion’s pre t pro BY JANICE FRANCIS-SMITH of Uptown Grocery and Buy For ve r o se- artm or e a d ts ov e up alit ory e e lf ad opy I p act Cs s cen W eir i , I h suc eone prom on fe The Journal Record Less grocery stores, closed the Smart ce finan ires som grow ice p ief strate rnal tly named c Dep elopmen First is those Saver store at NE 23rd and Martin ou iff t-o ere er « 3 » OKLAHOMA CITY – It’s been t o t io Su na m pr ro pr av t s more than 100 days since owners of o Luther King Avenue in August, but announced their intention to reopen o c c c e- or NCE D E ly e a nn se ca a v ll h a an d an iz at v inte gi dev y fo r n c co clo 25 of rger ted inis ced edu ced ed M udy o t No mesintiolns l c, pleaov e b as t h ding e org c- and ch e n te it apply a northeast Oklahoma City grocery the store as an Uptown Grocery f-p ock ce n IE til it som was rece f stra of re ommun Bills designed to bolster EV store promised the store would reopen Market by the end of 2019. th U D d a a h u n ad , th e ie n industry moving forward A for within 90 days and the store still isn’t The store’s closure left just one - n a e rt n an ad ca e ed A dent an w stly se per sta y A , th tra ur res ur qu t head ch an atiod nt andbo or i n re ive en a ose “We’re etancou fi C state lawmaker hopes to et open, Councilwoman Nikki Nice, small grocery on the northeast side of m and that des t has energize the business of Ward 7, said at Tuesday’s Oklahoma town, creating a “food desert,” an area y toith – c te t a provi ng Brod resident presi ecu- ions battery development in City Council meeting. s e with disproportionately low income ousi profi picd gen pu en m soc e Pe ion s. and s, $ ica t h dy f i la ap m at The Smart Saver store at NE 23rd Street and Martin Luther Oklahoma by offering tax “We’re still waiting on those and limited access to fresh foods. The rmt B n info su ey r vice nizat King Avenue that closed in August has not been replaced incentives to engineers and with a new store within 90 days as the owners had prom- promises that continue to be broken City Council responded by placing a w t t p W Dan EO. und rdable h cated Joan p ex :raif s t e wit’s era hin of t dic iati nns s tax ’ $6 1.3 re r subscriptiova Th rge esp an hap rleeytoLucas,roa azed said COO tive vice ile senio ed to towards the community,” said Nice. st F businesses involved in the ised, said Councilwoman Nikki Nice, Ward 7. Susan and Hank Binkowski, owners es and C its. electric vehicle industry industry . 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