Jessika Leatherbury
Unpacking Build to Scale: Encouraging a Digital Economy in Rural Southern Oklahoma
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Ada, We Have a Problem In 2019, Ada Jobs Foundation had a problem. Their staff had launched a…
Newsletter 08.28.2022: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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The Fire Station: Historic Ada Moves into the Future of Innovation
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker If you were driving down Broadway in Ada on August 3, 2022, you might have noticed a large…
Newsletter 08.21.2022: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Naresh Juneja: Innovating with a Breath of Fresh Air
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Naresh Juneja never intended to make Ada, Oklahoma his home. In fact, until his wife, Hursh, took a…
C3: Cougars, Curriculum, and Camp – Engaging Students with Innovation
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Selena Galbreaith showing off a basic catapult The high school cafeteria bustled with approximately thirty students around age…
What is Ecosystem Building?
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Many of us learned about “ecosystems” when we were in elementary school. We were taught that an ecosystem…
Ada Startup Workshop: How to Create Better Market Research
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When the Ada Jobs Foundation updated their Economic Development Strategic Plan in 2020, they realized they didn’t want…
Press Release: Ada, Oklahoma Certified as Center for Workforce Excellence
ADA, OKLAHOMA – The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, members of the Governor’s Council for Workforce and Economic Development and industry leaders, announced…
Innovation Districts and a Knowledge Based Economy: An Interview with Jim Eldridge
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker June 8, 2022 I had the chance to sit down with Jim Eldridge, CEO of the Ada Jobs…