The LED annual report summarizes the organization's activities and accomplishments in 2014-2015. LED was involved in establishing over 600 new jobs with an average salary of $43,726, resulting in $27 million in new payroll. LED also assisted over $21 million in new capital investment. LED supported local entrepreneurs and innovation through referrals to GPTC and Cameron University. LED expanded its marketing efforts through its website and social media, increasing website usage by 6%. LED fostered partnerships between the local community and organizations like the Department of Commerce.

1. ANNUALREPORT
to the City of Lawton
2015

2. Lawton-Fort Sill Economic Development Corporation’s Annual Report
Our Team..............................................................................................................................................1
LED’s Mission.................................................................................................................................3
Performance Highlights 2014-2015.....................................................................5
New Jobs and BRE + Recruitment............................................6
Business Development..........................................................................7
Innovation and Entrepreneurship..........................................8
Lead Development and Recruitment..................................9
Marketing and Public Relations...............................................10
Fostering State and Local Partnerships.....................................................13

3. LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 1
Barry Albrecht
President & CEO
Lawton Fort Sill
Economic
Development Corporation
“Despite the challenging economic
concerns facing the community,
the Lawton region’s business
leadership are dedicated and
motivated to escalate economic
development activities to
diversify Lawton’s economy and
bring quality jobs to the
community. The Board of Directors
is a dedicated group of public and
private-sector individuals charged
with raising the awareness of LED’s
efforts to improve the region’s
business climate and
competitiveness.”
From the President & CEO
OUR TEAM

4. Phil
LED Annual Report 2014-2015 •2
From the Chairman
2014-2015 Board of Directors
Mr. Philip D. Kennedy, Chair
President/CEO, Comanche Home Center
Mr. Ron Nance, Vice Chair
President/CEO, Ron Nance Enterprises
Mr. Paul Ellwanger, Treasurer
Executive Vice President, City National Bank
Mayor Fred Fitch
Mayor of the City of Lawton
Mr. Clarence Fortney
Chair, Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce
Dr. John McArthur
President, Cameron University
Dr. Tom Thomas
Superintendent, Great Plains Technology Center
Mr. Nathan Slate
Vice Chair Industrial Development, Lawton Fort Sill Chamber
of Commerce
Mr. Jacob Brox
Brox Industries, Inc.
Mr. Arthur Patrick
General Manager, Lawton Communications
Mrs. Debra Welch
President/CEO, Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Joe Gallagher
SES to the Commanding General, Fires Center of Excellence
“It has been my privilege to serve as
Board chairman for the past three years.
We have accomplished so much and set
the stage for continued strong economic
growth. New actions are being launched
to build on our regional economy with
special focus to further diversify the
economy. LED has a vision for our
community to become a city based on
innovation and high productivity that
both attracts and produces a highly
educated workforce. Let us all commit
our efforts to building a city where our
children and grandchildren can look
forward to a successful future, and our
existing businesses can flourish.”
Philip Kennedy
Chair 2013-2015
President & CEO
Comanche Home
Center

5. LED’s mission is to drive
and ensure
economic growth by
recruiting and creating
high quality jobs in the
Lawton area. This
includes attracting new
capital investment,
retaining and expanding
existing business and
industries with a focus
on high technology
industries.
LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 3

6. LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 4
LED Services
LED offers a full range of
services to businesses looking to
locate or expand in the Lawton
area with a staff of business
development experts who can
assist in everything from site
location analysis to evaluation
financial assistance.
• ConfidentialProjectManagement
Assistance
• StateandLocalIncentives
• SiteSelectionAssistance
• GlobalCommunityMarketing
• FinancialandEntrepreneurial
Connections
• CustomBuildFacilities

7. Aviation, Aerospace
& Defense
Business Services Advanced
Technologies
Information
Technology
Health Science &
Services
PERFORMANCE
HIGHLIGHTS
2014-2015
LED Target Industries

8. Serco named “One of
America’s Top 40
Employers for
2015” by Forbes
Magazine.
In 2014, LED worked with hundreds of new companies and
dozens of local companies in the relocation and/or
expansion of new jobs and new capital investment for the
Lawton community.
LED was directly involved in establishing 616 new jobs
with an average annual wage of $43,726.79. These annual
salaries are above Comanche County’s present salary
average by over 19.5%. These new jobs have resulted in
$26.9 million in new payroll and an equivalent to
$31.8 million including benefits.
LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 6
New Jobs and BRE + Recruitment
Directly involved in supporting 616 jobs resulting in $27 million in new payroll.
Performance
Measure
Targets
2014-2015
Actuals
2014-2015
New primary jobs
resulting from
Corporation
assisted projects
(*BRE+
Recruitment)
200 616
New retail jobs 95
Average salary of
new jobs
11% above average
MSA wage: $40K
$43,726.79
$51,650.70 w/
benefits
*Business, Retention, and Recruitment

9. LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 7
LED’s work with over 250 national developers has resulted in a
new retail and entertainment center for the city’s West side and
new investment in a multi-purpose center on the city’s East side.
LED continues to work with healthcare facilities and industrial
property developments.
Additionally, LED has delivered over 3 dozen marketing and
investment packages in support of the Downtown Second Street
Project. This past year LED has been directly involved with $21.6
million of new capital investment into the community that has
made a $28 million tax base increase through land acquisition,
construction, and facility development.
Performance
Measure
Targets
2014-2015
Actuals
2014-1205
Capital investment
into the community
from Corporation
assisted projects
$16.4 million $21.6 million
Increase in tax base
from Corporation
assisted companies
and efforts
$3.3 million $28 million
Working with national and local developers LED was involved in over
$21 million dollars of new capital investment.
Business Development

10. LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 8
LED has referred dozens of entrepreneur inquiries to Great
Plains Technology Center (GPTC) and Cameron University in
support of developing businesses, marketing plans, and
potential incubator space. LED’s suuports the creation of
industry and new business in Lawton through its commitment
to provide intentionally designed products and research
materials.
LED economic research and regional demographics are used by
existing and startup companies. The Economic Development
Review and Economic Outlook have been downloaded over 300
times and 554 hard copies have been delivered. LED had
multiple meetings and provided in depth assistance to four
startup businesses that included waste disposal and plastics &
garbage recycling.
Performance
Measure
Targets
2014-2015
Actuals
2014-2015
Innovation and
Entreprenuership
10 new products/
services
4
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Local entrepreneurs consistently use LED products and services to support their
business plans.

11. LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 9
With the assistance from local businesses through LED’s Launch
Lawton Campaign, President Albrecht was able to attend dozens
of targeted industry tradeshows and participated in call trips
around the country with the Oklahoma Governor’s Marketing
Team. Additionally, Albrecht teamed with local companies to
support their new business pursuits in technology based trade
conferences. This has resulted in the development in 30 active
industry leads and 67 qualified prospects. LED’s ongoing efforts
in expanding its site selector database has resulted in
discovering and contacting 252 commercial real estate and
national site selecting organizations. Additionally these efforts
included 77 in-depth meetings with industry executives.
Performance
Measure
Targets
2014-2015
Actuals
2014-2015
Recruitment:
Maintain the
number of active
leads and pros-
pects each year.
24 leads annually
100 prospects
annually
30
67
Lead Development
Efforts: Assist with
the generation of
project leads by
maintaining contact
with national site
selectors
Contact 75 nation-
al site consultants
and real estate exc-
utives annually
Contact 20 corpora-
tions annually
252
77
Met with over 250 industry executive and site selectors and participated in over 14
industry trade shows.
Lead Development and Recruitment Efforts

12. LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 10
LED updated and expanded its website and has created new
Social Media platforms to promote the Lawton community and
its capabilities. This included new strategic directions that
leverage regional assets and communities.
LED has measured a 6% increase of usage that reflects 405,334
hits total this year. The LED community video has been seen over
9,378 times on YouTube and over 14 thousand times on
Facebook. LED has designed new ads and has strategically
placed advertisements in targeted industry publications. LED
has provided editorial content to various local and national
media outlets which has resulted in 19 ad placements and
editorial stories for the Lawton community.
Marketing and Public Relations
LED has expanded and promoted its website and Social Media platforms with new
regional information that has resulted in an increase of visibility of the community
on the local, national, and global markets.
Performance
Measure
Targets
2014-2015
Actuals
2014-2015
Marketing: Increase
visitors to the
website 383,630 July
1, 2013-June 30,2014
100,000 (15%)
increase year over
year
2015 Goal 441,175
405,334
Public Relations:
Number of stories
pitched/placed and
assisted.
Minimum of 12
national media
stories
19

13. Half Page Ad - Featured In- AUSA Army Greenbook
LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 11

14. Full Page Ads - Featured In
2015 Location Oklahoma Magazine
Oklahoma State of Success Magazine
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15. LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 13
The Second Annual Economic Development Luncheon was a successful
event, with over 200 business leaders attending. The guest speakers,
Oklahoma State Treasurer Dr. Ken Miller and economist Dr. Mark Snead,
owner of RegionTrack, presented the current state of Oklahoma’s
economic conditions and forecast.
Two community awards were presented: the “2015 Economic
Development Community Cornerstone Award” was presented to Fort Sill
Fires Center of Excellence, “In recognition of (their) long term economic
commitment to the city of Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma.” The “2015
Economic Development Community Appreciation Award” was presented
to Northrop Grumman “In recognition of (their) contribution through
STEM education creation, within the Lawton community.”
During the event, LED released the 2015 Economic Review and
Outlook over 200 copies were released during the luncheon. The cost of
the luncheon was supported through sponsorship by local businesses.
LED Second Annual Economic Luncheon
Provided Economic Forecast to the City
Fostering State and Local
Partnerships

16. Lawton, Oklahoma Rated
“One of the Top 10 Cities to
Find a Job in the US for
Veterans” by Military.com.
LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 14
LED CEO, Albrecht consistently met with the Department of the Army officials and attended multiple visits to the Pentagon in
support of Fort Sill’s mission. LED actively partnered with numerous community sectors in response to the Supplemental
Programmatic Environmental Assessment (SPEA). LED officials worked diligently in the research and design of the economic
development portion of the community presentation that was presented December 9, 2014. The Department of the Army
responded to the community presentation on July 9, 2015, by announcing the Army’s force reduction would not negatively
impact Fort Sill but bring an increase of over 200 jobs to the installation.
LED Forges the Mission of Fort Sill
Fostering State and Local Partnerships

17. LED Escalates Awareness of Lawton Industries
LED worked in partnership with Oklahoma Department of Commerce and Oklahoma Governor’s Marketing Team. LED
worked alongside other economic development organizations in the state to develop a comprehensive marketing plan to
increase consideration of Oklahoma as a business location. LED participated in numerous Call Trips with the Department
of Commerce to various cities across the U.S. where they met with senior industry executives. LED also, teamed with the
OKlahoma Department of Commerce and Oklahoma’s Governor’s Marketing Team in attending focused industry trade
shows and private one-on-one meetings with Fortune 500.
Lawton Establishes New Partnerships with Department of Commerce
and Industry
Fostering State and Local Partnerships
LED escalated its working relationship with the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce in support of various economic
development legislative issues. This relationship has resulted in Cosmetic Specialty Labs, a local Lawton business, being
highlighted at the 2015 State Chamber annual luncheon in an industry spotlight video. The Cosmetic Specialty Spotlight
video is now displayed on the State Chamber’s website, LED’s website and is being used locally by various organizations.
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18. LED Annual Report 2014-2015
302 W Gore Blvd.
Lawton, Oklahoma 73501
Connect With Us
LawtonEDC.com
This annual report is on the operations of the Lawton Fort Sill
Economic Development Corporation (LED). The LED continues
to provide economic development services to the community
in multiple measurable activities with a primary goal to create
jobs.
This Economic Development Semi-Annual Activity Report is
provided to the City of Lawton as agreed in the service
agreement between the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of
Commerce and the City of Lawton. This report has been
designed and developed by the Lawton Fort Sill Economic
Development Corporation (LED), formerly known as Lawton
Industrial Foundation (LIF). For any questions about this
report, feel free to contact the Lawton Fort Sill Economic
Development Corporation at (580) 354-0023 or balbrecht@
lawtonedc.com. Report designed by: Nicole Bucher 2015LED Annual Report 2014-2015 • 16

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