Economic Development

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker The Ada Jobs Foundation (AJF) is requesting submissions for qualified vendors or applicants to take part in a groundbreaking new water project. You can access the...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Kimberly Elkin is passionate about the environment. In fact, she was born on Earth Day. She wants to improve our freshwater ecosystems, but she also wants...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker After a stunning first year with the Youth Coding League, a national coding competition for young people, the Conduit Coders are returning for a new season....

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Dr. Saba Tahmassebi, the Director of the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center, has always liked figuring out how things work. He sees problems as opportunities...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Mike Smith was 10 years old when he learned that he could successfully take apart a computer and put it back together....

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Cassie Burrows knows what it’s like to need a new purpose and a new path. Her mother had been diagnosed with cancer and Burrows used her...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker As part of the Conduit Initiative’s strategy to encourage a technology and innovation-based economy, the Ada Jobs Foundation (AJF) partnered with the Chickasaw Nation, the Robert...

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...

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...

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...