Tulsa will receive about $51 million from the federal government for tech innovations and production projected to create up to 56,000 additional jobs in the next 10 years, officials said.
Read MoreAshli Sims, managing director of Build in Tulsa—an organization that supports Black businesses scale to ultimately close the racial wealth gap. “I’m working to build the infrastructure needed to create multigenerational wealth for Black people,” Sims tells ESSENCE.
Read MoreAir taxis could fill transportation gaps in rural areas and between smaller communities in the region, says Tulsa Innovation Labs.
Read MoreAnd while the move away from cities is overstated, even small shifts from powerhouses like NYC could represent windfalls for the suburbs, exurbs, and other cities those people choose to move to. That means smaller cities — like Cincinnati or Tulsa or Indianapolis — have a big opportunity to position themselves as destinations for those who do leave big cities, even as the largest urban areas are far from dying.
Read MoreMidtown Tulsa's very own Mother Road Market has been nationally recognized by USA Today as the number one food hall in the country.
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