A D D I N G J O B S T O T H E E C O N O MY Expanding and diversifying Oklahoma City’s economy has always been a top priority of Forward Oklahoma City
• Added 121,500 jobs to the Greater Oklahoma City economy since the program’s founding in 1995. • Strengthened the city’s aerospace industry in both the public and private sector. Tinker Air Force Base, the long-standing anchor of the aerospace community added new jobs, partnerships and missions that will ensure the base’s future. Work associated with the KC-46A Pegasus and B-21 Bomber, to name a few,
not only add thousands of jobs to our economy but help push aerospace to be the leading diversifier of the Oklahoma City economy. • Recruited corporate relocations and expansions of major operations to Oklahoma City, including Boeing, Quad/Graphics, Dell Inc., Baker Hughes, Rural Sourcing, Heartland Payment Systems, Amazon, Kratos and more.
G R OW I N G T I N K E R
A cornerstone of our community’s efforts to diversify the economy has been both the protection and expansion of Tinker Air Force Base. Employment has grown steadily since the beginning of the program, but in 2008, the Forward OKC- led campaign that would allow Oklahoma County to buy the former GM facility for the U.S. Air Force dramatically changed the trajectory of Tinker’s growth. This new facility contributed to Tinker’s designation as the U.S. Air
Force Sustainment Center, bringing additional employment both on and off of the base. The subsequent acquisition of the former BNSF rail yard continued the expansion of workload with the new KC-46 maintenance complex. Forward Oklahoma City VI will continue to focus on growing this important asset, further diversifying our economy and bringing more jobs and investment to the region.
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