Economic Development

February 7, 2023
What is it? The Ada Jobs Foundation was highlighted in a recent case study by the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group. This is the second case study in their What’s...
July 15, 2022
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker  Selena Galbreaith showing off a basic catapult The high school cafeteria bustled with approximately thirty students around age five, and the air buzzed with excitement as...
July 8, 2022
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Many of us learned about “ecosystems” when we were in elementary school. We were taught that an ecosystem was an area where living and non-living things...
July 1, 2022
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker  When the Ada Jobs Foundation updated their Economic Development Strategic Plan in 2020, they realized they didn’t want it to be a strategy to be a...
February 14, 2022
Ada’s Strategic Engagement for Economic Development in 2020 The Ada Jobs Foundation’s mission is to help Ada’s economy grow by supporting companies to create new quality jobs in our community....
February 7, 2022
Economic Development in Ada: Community Development Ada’s economic development hinges on a community that has the housing, infrastructure, and quality of life to support new economic growth. We broadly use...
February 3, 2022
Business Retention and Workforce Development in Ada, OK Workforce is becoming an increasingly important part of economic development as companies are searching to find key talent to fill open jobs...
January 24, 2022
This is the second part of a series of articles explaining the work, programs, and impact by the Ada Jobs Foundation. You can find the first article here. As part...
January 18, 2022
The Ada Jobs Foundation is coming to a critical point. We are a non-profit economic development organization that has been serving the Ada Community and Pontotoc County area since 1998....
October 1, 2021
ADA, OKLAHOMA – The Ada Jobs Foundation has secured a Venture Challenge grant via the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Build to Scale (B2S) program. The Ada Jobs Foundation worked...