News Releases
2012
- Jan 11 – Loave Affair is Serving Up Dates
- Jan 3 – Applications Being Accepted For Hope For Homes Project
2011
- Dec 21 – Bacon Not Just For Breakfast Anymore
- Dec 15 – Former OU Basketball Player Turns Entrepreneur
- Nov 8 – Greta J. Stewart Joins REI Board of Directors
- Oct 20 – Businesses Receive Assistance from REI Second Time Around
- Oct 13 – Women’s Business Center Staff Attends National Conference
- Sep 7 – REI Ready to Assist Oklahoma Manufacturers
- Mar 16 – State Positioned To Attract New Investments and New Jobs
2010
- Dec 13 – New Products Fair Winners Announced
- Dec 06 – Capps Graduates From Economic Development Institute
- Nov 05 – REI Rolls Out Matched Savings Account Program
- Oct 08 – Line and Tank Testing Is Niche Of Success For Oklahoma Entrepreneur
- Aug 24 – Incubators Grow and Graduate Job-Creating Businesses
- Aug 19 – Products and Process Fair Calling For Entries From Entrepreneurs of All Ages
- Aug 17 – Time-Limited Financial Awards Available For Start-Up Businesses
- Aug 11 – Matched Savings Accounts Program Available Through REI
- Aug 03 – Chris Meyers Joins REI Board of Directors
- Jun 11 – Women Entrepreneurs Say Proper Training Is Synonymous With Business Success
- May 04 – CAPPS COMPLETES CITIZENS ACADEMY
- May 04 – LAYMAN COMPLETES CITIZENS ACADEMY
- Apr 29 – Transportation Business Expands Into Allen, OK
- Apr 13 – Family Recipes Tried and Tested At Food Workshop
- Mar 30 – Turning Family Recipe Into Marketable Product Is Focus of April Workshop
- Mar 17 – REI President & CEO Selected For Federal Reserve Community Development Advisory Council
- Feb 18 – Expansion of Vision Specialty Clinic for Children Fostered by Financing Partnership
- Feb 09 – New Product and Process Fair Winners Announced
- Feb 09 – Combined Financing Gets Early Childhood – Development School Underway
- Feb 02 – Over $113 Million Reported In Economic Impact From REI Services
- Jan 28 – Combined Financing Gets Early Childhood Development School Underway
- Jan 04 – REI Initiates Monthly Women’s Business Breakfast
2009
- Dec 21 – Tom Seth Smith Honored For 20 Years of Service With REI
- Dec 14 – Combined Financing Pushes Convenience Store To New location With Expanded Services
- Nov 11 – Katherine E. Faison Joins REI As Loan Officer
- Nov 11 – Family Business Born in Bennington
- Oct 19 – ARDMORE TO HOST WOMENS BIZ SYMPOSIUM
- Sep 30 – Call For Entries For New Product and Process Fair
- Sep 30 – REI Announces Jennifer R. Edwards As WBC Assistant in Oklahoma City
- Sep 30 – Hutchinson Joins REI as Incubator
- Sep 23 – FAMILY FUN CENTER WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD
- Aug 19 – Rural Health Care Gets Another Boost With Expansion of Sturch Family Clinic
- Aug 10 – Three Local Minority-Owned Businesses Recognized For Economic Impact And Job Creation
- May 18 – Dr. Cynthia Ross Joins REI Board of Directors
- Apr 17 – SBA Lending Program Helps Launch Norman Fun Park
- Mar 12 – Kisling To Serve As REI Representative In Northwestern Oklahoma
- Mar 11 – Affordable Housing Program Opens Door To New Home
- Feb 24 – New Product and Process Fair Winners Announced
- Feb 03 – Machine Shop Gets Jump Start With Help From REI
- Feb 03 – Economic Impact From REI Services Tops $300 Million In 2008
- Jan 13 – Womens Business Center Training Goes On The Road To Dallas Market
- Jan 12 – Financing Partnership Meets Need for Convenience Store in Freedom, OK
2008
- Nov 11 – Foreign Trade Zone Boundary Expansion Approved For Ardmore Industrial Parks
- Nov 07 – REI Teams Up With City and Durant Main Street In Community Service Projects
- Nov 04 – REI Is Top Oklahoma CDC for SBA 504 Loans
- Oct 29 – REI President & CEO Elected Honorary Life Member of Southern Economic Development Council
- Oct 24 – Applications Being Accepted for New Product And Process Fair
- Oct 23 – Durant to Host Holiday Biz Showcase
- Oct 20 – Layman Receives Housing Certification
- Oct 20 – REI Receives Award At International Economic Development Conference
- Oct 17 – REI Is Oklahomas Only Recipient Of Award To Help Communities Increase
- Sep 19 – Partnerships Bring Expansion of Overall Manufacturer To Wewoka
- Sep 18 – Hughbanks Joins REI Board of Directors
- Sep 18 – REI Officials Prepare To Step Into Stilettos For March of Dimes
- Sep 16 – Two Durant Women Invited To Roundtable Meeting With President Bush
- Aug 08 – REI Mid-Year Report Shows Economic Impact From Services Tops $46 Million
- Jul 26 – Specialized Repair Business Established Through Partnerships and Resources
- Jul 04 – Partin Elected to NADCO Board of Directors
- Jun 28 – Combination of Financing Programs and Partnerships Accomplish Big Move For Stigler Wellness Center
- Jun 22 – Home Based Electrical Contracting Business Grows Into Successful Job-Creating Firm
- Mar 27 – Business Incubator at Conners State College
- Mar 24 – Full Range of REI Services Now Available in Tulsa
- Mar 03 – JOBS Grant Facilitates REI Office in Alva
- Feb 26 – REI Economic Impact Tops $170 Million
- Jan 28 – Former City Manager Turns Entrepreneur
- Jan 22 – REI Opens Office in Western Oklahoma
- Jan 15 – Bendele Announced As REI Loan Officer In Oklahoma City
- Jan 03 – Lori Broyles Named Oklahoma City Womens Business Center Coordinator
- Jan 03 – Ray Appointed As Coordinator of Native American Business Enterprise Center


