News from the Ada Jobs Foundation
Press Release: Ada Jobs Foundation Welcomes Matthew Stephens to Team
ADA, OKLAHOMA – Matthew Stephens joins the Ada Jobs Foundation (AJF) as the Accelerator Manager for Southwest Oklahoma’s Conduit Initiative. Through this role, Stephens is responsible for developing and implementing an entrepreneurial training program that reaches a...
Newsletter 06.25.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Globo Custom Games: Spreading Family Fun Through Innovation
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When Kevin Myers took a job at Legalshield in 2008, he never dreamed that within fifteen years he would be starting his own board game company—Globo Custom Games. Myers had been living in Shawnee, working in Occupational Therapy, when he decided...
Newsletter 06.11.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Cooperation, Collaboration, and Building a Better Tomorrow: Bringing Leaders Together at the Quarterly Roundtable
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker To help create scalable tech startups throughout rural Southern Oklahoma, it is necessary to build an ecosystem that will support them, and building this ecosystem helps the Ada Jobs Foundation promote a vibrant community and a prosperous local...
Newsletter 06.042023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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From Junior Programmer to Tech Entrepreneur: Simon Hamilton’s Perfect Partition
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker For Simon Hamilton, tech began at home. Simon, a junior at Latta High School, grew up watching his father, Jeremiah, do all sorts of programming and even fix their game consoles when they would break. His father is a software developer for the...
Newsletter 05.21.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Billy Hamilton: A Passion for Entrepreneurship
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Chahtapreneur is a combination of two words: Chahta, which is Choctaw for Choctaw, and Entrepreneur. This re-branding provides entrepreneurs with a unique identity, forged in the Choctaw culture. Culture is important to Billy Hamilton and his...
Newsletter 05.14.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Opportunities and Possibilities: The Ada Jobs Foundation at the 2023 Rural Innovation Network Summit
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker The mission of the Ada Jobs Foundation is to advocate on behalf of businesses and residents to promote a vibrant community and prosperous local economy. While there are many ways to approach these goals, it is evident that in many communities,...
Newsletter 05.07.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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KTEN: Ada Jobs Foundation improving city’s workforce development
By Alexander Porter, KTEN - Friday, May 5th 2023, 7:08 PM CDT ADA, Okla. (KTEN) -- The Ada Jobs Foundation is improving the city's workforce development. It is one of 12 Oklahoma Centers for Workforce Excellence that help draw industry and jobs to Pontotoc County....
Newsletter 04.30.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Stacey Oakley: Ecosystem Builder in Action
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker If you are in the Ada area and don’t know Stacey Oakley, chances are high that you know somebody who does. Though Oakley has been a part of both the Ada and Latta school systems, she is an institution unto herself, leaving a mark everywhere she...