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Economic Development in Broken Bow, Oklahoma

Broken Bow, Oklahoma is a business friendly city. We have the resources and the attitude to help your new business venture succeed! Whether you are opening a small business or relocating a major manufacturing facility we are ready to help.

 

"We selected Broken Bow because of its sustainable wood supply, great transportation and services infrastructure, market access and a very skilled labor pool," says John Bozeman, Vice President of Business Development for HEW.
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Broken Bow is already home to several large industrial plants including new Huber oriented strand board plant, the world's largest O.S.B. plant. We currently have over 80 acres available for industrial development and we will work with our local realtors to assist you in finding and obtaining the perfect site for your plans. Click here for more information about the workforce and demographics of the area.

We have an abundance of affordable water and electricity, excellent highways and railways, an airport with a long runway (3200 feet), and landfill facilities. We are a Main Street Town which means our downtown area has a focused and well managed development and restoration plan in place and underway.

Broken Bow Lake and Beavers Bend Resort Park average over one million visitors each year. Broken Bow residents also enjoy an outstanding quality of life. Our Cedar Creek Golf Course received a four and a half (out of five) star rating by the Golf Digest Magazine and FLW Outdoors Magazine named our area one of the greatest bass fisheries in America. Broken Bow is the gateway city to Broken Bow Lake and the Beavers Bend Resort Park as well as the Mountain Fork and Glover Rivers. Our community has continued to invest in recreation by developing a 20 acre baseball complex with 7 fields for baseball/softball and practice fields for football and soccer.

If we can provide any additional information about
economic development in the Broken Bow area please contact us today.

Quick Facts about Broken Bow, Oklahoma

CLIMATE
Average Annual Temperature: 63°
Average Annual Rainfall: 50”
Average Annual Snowfall: 4”

LOCATION
Distance in Miles from:
Dallas: 171 miles
Oklahoma City: 207 miles
Tulsa: 209 miles

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Number of Banks: 3

INDUSTRIAL FINANCING AVAILABLE
General Obligation Limited-Tax Bonds: Yes
Industrial Revenue Bonds: Yes
Local Industrial Foundation: Yes
Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority: Yes

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
Type of Facilities Available:
Public Golf Course, Tennis Court, Parks, Skating, Bowling, Sports Complex, Train Ride

Country Club Available: Yes – 12 miles
Distance to Nearest Public Access Lake: 12 miles
Activities Allowed at Lake: Swimming, Fishing, Boating, Water Skiing, Hunting
Additional Recreational Activities in Area: Public hunting on 880,000 acres of forest land, for user fee (owned by Weyerhaeuser Co.)

TRANSPORTATION
Major Highways: US-70, US-259, SH-3
Nearest Interstate Highway: I-30
Distance to Interchange: 62 miles
Indian Nation Turnpike 47 miles

Bus Lines: None

Rail:
Texas Oklahoma Eastern
Connects on Eeast with Kansas City Southern; Connects on West with Burlington Line

Air Transportation:
Nearest Airport: 2 miles
Runway Length: 3200’
Runway Surface: Asphalt
Fixed Base Operator: Yes Lights: Yes

Location of Nearest Commercial Airport:
Paris, Texas - 68 miles
Airlines: Metro
Texarkana, Arkansas - 83 miles

Nearest Commercial Airport in Oklahoma:
McAlester - 110 miles
Airlines: Metro

 

 

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