Entries for October 2010

Jacksonville’s mayor and other city officials cited annexation as the clear way to draw new businesses and revitalize the city. The officials spoke to an audience mostly composed of Jacksonville residents at a town hall meeting Thursday at the Jacksonville Community Center. Mayor Gary Fletcher s...

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ENID — Enid’s largest-capacity restaurant will open today. Chen Garden, featuring stir fry, hibachi and sushi, opens in the former Hancock Fabrics location in Oakwood Mall. And, retail specialists who have been working with Enid hope the restaurant is a precursor of more “things to come” in the a...

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More than 250 people packed Jacksonville’s Community Center Thursday night for a town hall meeting called by Mayor Gary Fletcher to give residents an overview of the city’s finances, projects and growth. “Toward the end of the meeting we made it clear, we either have to increase the tax base or...

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When courting new businesses to establish themselves in Jacksonville, the city’s economic development consultant said Thursday the city’s weakness is lack of easily developable land.  The consultant, Ricky Hayes, is the principal in Retail Attractions of Owasso, Okla., a company that create...

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