The Norman Economic Development Coalition (NEDC) has overhauled their website to provide more resources and up-to-date information to help stimulate economic development in Norman, Oklahoma. The new website provides potential businesses with information on demographics, incentive programs, available buildings and sites, and the business climate to make researching opportunities in Norman easier. It features quick links to important NEDC resources and allows users to remotely view property listings and satellite images of sites. The overhaul aims to improve Norman's business climate by giving comprehensive online information to companies during their site selection process.

1. Norman Economic Development Coalition
710 Asp Ave., Suite 100
Norman, Oklahoma 73069
Office: 405.573.1900
Fax: 405.573.1999
PRESS RELEASE Contact Information:
Jillian Ward, NEDC Public Relations Intern
Sept. 26, 2011 Office: (405) 573-1900
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE E-mail: intern@nedcok.com
NEW WEBSITE TO AID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Norman Economic Development Coalition has launched a site that aims to improve the
business climate in Norman
NORMAN, OKLA.—The Norman Economic Development Coalition (NEDC) has recently
overhauled their website to make their efforts in the Norman area accessible and beneficial to the
businesses nationwide. NEDC works to stimulate economic development in Norman and now
has an updated website that puts its resources at businesses’ fingertips.
The newly-upgraded www.nedcok.com provides potential businesses and developers with
up-to-date information pertaining to demographics, incentive programs, business climate and
available buildings for site selectors, existing industry, and startups.
According to NEDC Executive Director Don Wood, the new site will make researching
business opportunities in Norman an easy and satisfying experience for viewers, as well as
provide anyone with information about the dynamic city.
“Today companies begin their site-selection and evaluation process using the Internet and
as a general rule, will have 95% of their questions about your company answered online,” said
Wood. “It is extremely crucial that you have a great Web-presence.”
Among the new features on the site is the Quick Links widget that offers instant access to
the most important resources and services that NEDC provides.
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2. New NEDC website, page 2
The “Building and Sites” link serves prospective businesses as an online portal into
Norman, offering pictures, maps, demographics, and pricing of available retail and office
buildings in addition to land for potential sites. Through satellite technology, powered by
Google maps, visitors can remotely tour properties, view satellite images of building sites and
make inquires.
The “Business Climate” link provides a detailed listing of new, expanded, and emerging
employers in Norman as well as an overview of Oklahoma’s target industries.
Other pages include information regarding Norman’s demographics, links to pertinent websites
for the Norman community, and the city’s economic indicators.
The remaining pages provide information on NEDC’s emerging technology
entrepreneurial centers (eTec and eTec2), which are business accelerators designed to help new
technology companies grow more quickly, and NEDC’s Business Parks and Tech Corridor.
For more information, go to www.nedcok.com or call (405) 973-1900.
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