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Governor Fallin Recognizes Duncan as an Oklahoma STEM Community
October 16, 2015 - Duncan, Oklahoma is now an official STEM Community. After the application was approved by CASMEO, Duncan received this designation from Governor Mary Fallin during the 2015 Governor’s STEM Summit in Oklahoma City.
Duncan received this recognition for its commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Through a...
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Q&A with Lyle Roggow, DAEDF President
September 15, 2015 - Q&A with Lyle Roggow, DAEDF President and CEO
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Cassidy Corrosion Control Finds Home in DAEDF Incubator
August 19, 2015 - A recent layoff has led a new business to find a home in the Duncan Area Economic Development Foundation’s incubator.
Following a downturn in the oil industry, Dr. Juanita Cassidy, who has spent over 20 years working as a chemist for Halliburton Technology, was let go from her laboratory...
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3 Labs Nearing Final Stages
June 26, 2015 - Duncan Area Economic Development Foundation’s 3 Lab buildings are steadily growing closer and closer to completion.
With all three buildings erected, crews are now adding the trim and roofing – a process already complete on the other two buildings – to the third and final building.
DAEDF President Lyle...
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Fikes Engineering Moves from Business Incubator to Own Facility
May 31, 2015 - Now five years after its establishment, Mark Fikes is moving his engineering firm, Fikes Engineering, from the Duncan Center for Business Development to his own facility in Marlow.
Fikes rented an office in the Duncan Center for Business Development in September 2010. The space is the Duncan Area Economic Foundation&rsquo...
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Newsletter: 2014
January 15, 2015 - Download Newsletter HERE!
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Together, We Can Provide a Strong, Educated Workforce
February 23, 2014 - Say Professional Development and watch teachers’ eyes glaze over. But February 17 wasn’t your average sit-in-a-crowded-room-and-feign-interest-in-speaker-while-scanning-social-media-on-your-phone professional development.
Monday was a collaboration between Duncan Area Economic Development Foundation, owners, directors and managers from several local manufacturing plants and high school faculty. It was their show and tell for...
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