2006 Year end home sales statistics for Oklahoma show tremendous discrepancies in certain cities or regions of the state.

Reports show the following:

                                    Units sold             Sales Price

Norman -                     up 12.07%           up 1.92%

Western Oklahoma -   up 38.7%              up 4.25%

Tulsa Metro area -      up 7.58%              up 5.88%

Texoma -                    DN 43.6%            Down 8.66%

Tom Morris of E-Magine Homes announced plans to build patio homes at the New Emerald Falls golf course.  The homes will be in a gated community and numerous lot will have golf course frontage. "I have built or developed many projects over the years and this is one I expect to set a new standard for other communities," says Morris.  "A completely new floorplan design incorporating many attributes of Floridian architecture will be introduced to Tulsa with this project. I am bringing the outdoors inside and making the most of the incredible views the course has to offer. Tulsa will like it."

The Emerald Falls golf course is scheduled to open the summer of 2007 and is attracting plenty of attention.  The course is touted to be one of the best in the region.  Press reports and initial reviews support the developers claim.  Other single family homes are available in the newly opened Emerald Falls Phase I. 

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Over three hundred business owners and leaders gathered at the Neinhaus Recreation Facility in Broken Arrow Monday to see the economic plan for the city.  Prepared and presented by Angelos Angelou of AngelouEconomics, the plan targeted five specific goals including image, an advanced city web site, workforce development and access to Broken Arrow's services and information for outside businesses.  "Angelou's reputation as a world class economic planner lends tremendous credibility to the report."  Angelou is known for his work with cities such as Austin, Texas and Santa Fe, New Mexico who created robust economic environments with the help of his expertise.

Findings of the report included:

1. Broken Arrow is a robust market with a strong labor force and population growth dynamics.
2. Economic development of the city is inhibited by the State's high worker's comp premiums
3. Broken Arrow offers companies a highly educated workforce
4. Skilled labor availability is an issue for employers seeking to expand or relocate in Broken Arrow.
5. Negative/Neutral perceptions of Oklahoma and Tulsa adversely impact Broken Arrow's economic development efforts.
6. Broken Arrow and Tulsa region possess a highly competitive labor cost structure.
7. With an aging workforce, the city's share of the critical 25-44 age demographic is in decline.
8. Broken Arrow boasts low crime, low cost of living, and a high degree of housing affordability.

Mickey Thompson, president of the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce said to attendees of the luncheon "This is our plan for the City of Broken Arrow.  Make it your plan and help us implement these projects."  Thompson injected his own bit of humor into his talk with the suggestion that not everyone embraced the changes that made Broken Arrow the great city it is and asked those who did not like some part of the new plan to simply choose another part to work on.  The plan was well received.  Thompson is scheduled to make media appearances on The Future of Real Estate television show in April with Darryl Baskin on KWHB Channel 47.

Event sponsors included McGraw Realtors, Mullin Plumbing, and Nelson Nissan

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