JAY – Grove voters have once again said “no” to a proposal that would have allowed the city’s hotels to collect a 5% sales tax from lodgers. The measure on Tuesday’s ballot failed 731 to 313, according to election results. An hour after the polls closed there were still 16 provisional ballots outstanding, not enough [...]
Voters in Grove will vote tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov 8th, to approve the Grove City Council’s new ordinance taxing occupants using rooms in motels, hotels and “Recreational Vehicle Parks, a 5% tax (in addition to any and all other excise taxes now in force) to be used by the city fathers to promote TOURISM in Grove. We [...]
The Grove Area Chamber of Commerce will be presenting the next session of Small Business University Friday, November 4th, 8:30 – 10 a.m. The program will be held at the Grove Area Chamber of Commerce office at 9630 US Highway 59, Suite A in Grove. Anyone with an interest may attend. There is a $5.00 [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (July 1, 2011) – The deadline to file for disaster unemployment assistance (DUA) in Canadian, Delaware, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan and McClain counties is fast approaching. Workers in these counties who lost work or earnings due to severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that occurred May 22, 2011, through May 25, 2011, [...]
Ben Hynum give us an update on the July 2nd City of Grove celebration. Here is our program for Saturday, July 2nd City of Grove Celebration (Free to the public) 6:45PM MC Darrell Mastin 6:50 Civil Air Patrol Cadets present our national colors. Clint Walker sings the national anthem. 7:00 Amy Dutton challenges Jana Jae [...]
DON’T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT YOUR BUSINESS IN THE NEWCOMERS’ BASKETS! Thank you so much for those of you who have participated in the Grove Area Chamber of Commerce Welcome Basket Program! We have delivered a total of over 800 baskets since the inception of this program in 2005, and we need to begin [...]
Last week we had an excellent presentation from Lisa Clark Oklahoma Department of Commerce Rural Investment Division and from Ray Murphy with NSU. They presented us with the opportunities and challenges of creating jobs and growing Northeast Oklahoma. They said that today, job relocation is more competitive than ever. With the smaller world we live [...]
Lisa Friden, President of the Grove Area Chamber of Commerce Last week the Grand Lake Business Journal published a news release of the Miami Chamber’s Business Plan for 2011. One of our readers asked if the Grove Chamber had a similar document. They do, and the following is the Grove Chamber of Commerce ”Program of [...]
The GLA Foundation received a $1000 check from Arvest Bank, and $5000 from GRDA for the new Visitor Center Sign in Grove. The new sign is a joint effort between the Grand Lake Association and the Grove Chamber of Commerce, both of whom are housed in the Visitor Center. The new sign is needed because [...]
Leadership Grove is a Grove Chamber sponsored program designed to identify, motivate and place emerging leaders through development of their potential for community leadership. It prepares participants for more active involvement in public affairs. Pictured are Brenda Newnam, Delisa O’Daniel, Shawn Curl, JohnCarl Morgan, Lisa Pitts, Representative Doug Cox, Tim McCrary, Marty Follis, Bridgett Thomas, [...]
