Rural Innovation

PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for the Big Pitch: Ada 2022
ADA, OKLAHOMA – Applications are now open to compete in the Big Pitch: Ada 2022 business pitch competition taking place on November…

Celena Galbreaith: Technology and the Joy of Creative Problem Solving
By Sunnie Dawn Baker For 16 years, Celena Galbreaith has been on the frontlines of technology. Her experience has provided her with…

Designing Innovation for a New Generation: The Pontotoc Technology Center FabLab
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker In 2016, administration at Pontotoc Technology Center (PTC) saw a need and had an idea to fill that…

Embracing Rural Innovation: Coming Together at the IEDC Annual Conference
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker September 18-21 of this year, members of the Ada Jobs Foundation staff had a chance to attend the…

A Thirst for Innovation: The Future of Water Technologies in Ada, Oklahoma
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Duane Smith is sitting on top of the world, or more specifically, on top of world-leading research about…

Visioning and Re-Visioning: Incubating Ideas for Tech Entrepreneurship
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker The future is digital. One of the most significant ways to grow an economy and create jobs and…

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…

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…