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McAlester city councilors decided by a 4-to-1 vote to rehire an economic development consultant for another year at more than double his current rate of pay — but only after some pointed questions from several councilmen as to whether the city is getting its money’s worth. The city c...

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More than $200 million. That number has been buzzing around our heads since we first were told that this startling sum is how much Illinois Quad-Cities consumers are spending each year, not here at home, but in such places as the Iowa Quad-Cities, Des Moines and Chicagoland. On its own that...

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Restaurants are doing well in Enid. So well, in fact, that there are always lines out the door, said Marcy Jarrett, Visit Enid director. “There are just more people coming here and wanting to go out to eat,” she said. Besides the workforce, the city has attracted more people from outs...

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Developers are nailing down the financial ends for the first retail project planned for a blighted area in northwest Muskogee, the city’s retail development consultant said this week. Rickey Hayes of Retail Attractions said the developer has begun the engineering phase of the urban renewal pr...

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Efforts are underway to bring an ALDI grocery store to the Muskogee market, a deal which has been in the works for more than two years. A corporate spokeswoman said the company is waiting to make a public announcement. But a local trust that owns property in northwestern Muskogee requested the clo...

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Urban renewal commissioners signed off Tuesday on a resolution authorizing the use of eminent domain to acquire property needed to accommodate the development of a new shopping center. Officials have been able to negotiate the acquisition of all but about 2 acres needed for the first retail develo...

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A citizen advisory committee recommended for consideration two Tulsa firms that submitted proposals for the redevelopment of a blighted area in northwest Muskogee. The recommendations moved forward by the committee, which was established by the Muskogee Urban Renewal Authority, were for a retail d...

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With shovels in hand, officials celebrated Wednesday as dirt was turned at the Shawnee Marketplace construction site, where stores including Hobby Lobby and PetsMart will be built as part of Phase 1. The site, in the area of Interstate 40 and Kickapoo and west of several restaurants along that c...

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