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Below are publications in Microsoft Excel (.xls), Microsoft Word
(.doc), and/or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. If you do not have the latest
version of Adobe Acrobat, you can download the latest version
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Business Needs - BRAC Commission Announcement
Grant I |
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Education/Training Needs - BRAC Commission
Announcement Grant II |
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City of Lawton Traffic Counts |
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City of Lawton Water Quality Report |
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Economic Development Strategy for Lawton, OK |
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Fort Sill Housing Needs |
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Lawton Business/Community Statistics & Facts |
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Word |
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Lawton Education Statistics |
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Excel |
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Lawton Major Area Employers |
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Word |
Excel |
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Lawton
Quality
of
Life
Overview |
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Lawton Tax Structure |
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Word |
Excel |
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Lawton Workforce Summary |
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Lawton MSA Non-Farm Wage & Salary Employment |
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Lawton Metropolitan Area Wage & Salary
Employment |
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Word |
Excel |
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Lawton Non-Ag W&S Employment |
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Resources
Business
Assistance and Information |
Community Information
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Thank you so much for taking the time to visit our site.
Here are some links that we recommend you visit. |
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Business Assistance and Information
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Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| The Bureau of Labor
Statistics is an independent national statistical agency that collects,
processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American
public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, state and local governments,
business, and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the
Department of Labor. |
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Center for Economic and Management Research |
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The Center for Economic and Management Research provides economic analysis,
research, and forecasting services to clients in government, business, and
economic development organizations. |
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Center for Emerging
Technology and Entrepreneurial Studies |
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CETES is a manifestation of Cameron’s core values which include providing
leadership in our community and region by stimulating economic development,
forming partnerships and collaborative relationships with other organizations
and businesses, and sharing the university’s expertise. |
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Department of Labor |
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The Department of Labor protects the wellbeing of job applicants, wage earners,
and retirees of the United States. The Department also administers an assortment
of Federal labor laws that ensure workers have safe and healthy working
conditions; standards for a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; an environment
free from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income
support. Compliance assistance for small businesses can also be found at
www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/main/htm. |
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Economic Development Center News |
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The Economic Development Center,
division of the Great Plains
Technology Center, is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to foster the economic development of southwest
Oklahoma by providing a broad array of pragmatic, on-target, customer-oriented
business, industrial, and safety programs and services to individuals, business,
and organizations. The PowerSource is the EDC's monthly newsletter for EDC
members. |
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission helps businesses and companies avoid
and understand discrimination by providing training and assistance to employers,
employees, and stakeholder groups. |
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Grants.gov |
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Grants.gov provides a single, unified, standardized source for finding and
applying for grant opportunities. |
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Internal
Revenue Service Tax Information for Businesses |
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The Internal Revenue Service offers a variety of information, topics, and
resources to help small businesses succeed. |
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Made In Oklahoma |
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Made in Oklahoma strives to help food producers, processors, and manufacturers
who make, process, or distribute their product in Oklahoma increase sales of
their product. |
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Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration promotes and encourages the
safety and health of America's workers by establishing and enforcing standards.
OSHA also provides training, outreach, education, and compliance assistance
services and programs to businesses and organizations to help encourage progress
in workplace safety and health. |
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Oklahoma Center for
the Advancement of Science & Technology |
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The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology's Small
Business Research Assistance (SBRA) programs help qualifying Oklahoma firms
compete for research funding under the federal Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. |
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Oklahoma Department of Commerce
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The Oklahoma Department of Commerce recruits new businesses to the state,
develops economic incentives, assists existing business with growth, facilitates
international trade and export assistance, and provides funding to Oklahoma
rural communities for programs and activities aimed at sustainability and
economic growth. THE ODOC has a
Business Start-Up Frequently Asked Questions section that can answer many of
the questions a new or current business might have. |
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Oklahoma Employment Security
Commission |
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The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, enhances Oklahoma's economy by:
providing unemployment compensation to support unemployed workers and their
communities, matching jobs and workers to increase the efficiency of local labor
markets, referring workers to training opportunities to enhance and align their
skills to meet local labor market needs, and gathering, analyzing and
disseminating information about the labor force to improve local economic
decisions. |
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Oklahoma Resources Integration General
Information Network System |
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The Oklahoma Resources Integration General Information Network System is an
electronic database which contains economic, social, and demographic data
designed for use by community leaders, educators, businesses, government
agencies, and decision makers. |
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Oklahoma Secretary of State |
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The Oklahoma Secretary of State Business Filing Department processes
corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, certificate of partnership fictitious name for general partnership,
trade name, and trademark registration filings. Such filings include new
registrations, amendments, mergers, dissolutions and withdrawals for both
domestic and foreign entities.
Business name availability and trademarks can also be researched
online
or by calling (405) 521-3912. |
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Oklahoma
Society of Certified Public Accountants |
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The Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accounts is a statewide professional
organization for Oklahoma CPAs. Local CPAs can be located by using the
OSCPA
referral service. |
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Oklahoma
State University Patent and Trademark Library |
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The OSU Patent and Trademark Library offers assistance with preliminary patent
searches (U.S.) and trademark searches (federal). |
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Oklahoma Tax Commission |
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The Oklahoma Tax Commission provides state income and
business tax forms and
information. Downloadable forms such as: sales tax permits, reseller permits,
income tax forms, as well as information on
business
taxes and registration are available at this site. |
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Self Employment and
Entrepreneurial Development |
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SEEDs offers a training program for low-income individuals who want to start a
business. They also provide technical assistance for one year and a revolving
loan program for successful participants ranging from $500 to $5,000. More
information can be obtained by contacting the Great Plains Improvement
Foundation at 2 Southeast Lee Boulevard, Lawton, OK 73501 or by calling (580)
353-2364. |
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Shop Oklahoma |
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Shop Oklahoma advertises, promotes and sells products hand crafted, manufactured
or processed in the State of Oklahoma. |
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Society for Human Resource Management
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The Society for Human Resource Management promotes the human resource profession
and the advancement of the human resource professional by providing resources
such as: case studies, educational products and activities, online chats and
webcasts.
The website for the local SHRM chapter is
www.gpc-shrm.org. Contact
Pat Beck, Senior Professional of
Human Resources at
(580) 250-5553 or Charles Middleton, Professional
of Human Resources at (580) 250-5556
for more information. |
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U.S. Census Bureau |
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The Census Bureau, a member of the United States Department of Commerce,
collects information about the nation's people and economy. |
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United States Small Business
Administration |
The Small Business Administration's mission is to maintain and strengthen the
nation's economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests
of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from national
disasters. The district SBA
office can be contacted at (405) 609-8000.
Assistance with business loan packages is available at many local banks in the
area and also from the Northside Chamber of Commerce at (580) 355-9547, the
Service Corp of Retired
Executives at (580) 353-8727, John Veal at
the Center for
Economic and Business Development at (580) 248-4946, and Pat
Beck at (580) 250-5553 or Charles Middleton
at (580) 250-5556 at the
Economic
Development Center, a division of the
Great Plains Technology Center.
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Community Information
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City of Lawton |
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The official city government site for Lawton, Oklahoma that provides
community
information and lists city
departments,
officials, contact information,
and a list of businesses and events that require
licenses and permits. |
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Comanche County Health
Department |
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The Comanche County Health Department works with federal, state and local
agencies to help keep Oklahomans healthy and safe at work, school, and at home.
The CCHD provides an array of services that help prevent illness and injury,
offers education to help people make good health decisions, and ensures our
state is prepared for emergencies. |
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