Business Services
The Port of Muskogee Industrial Development Office provides the following services for new and existing businesses:
Location / Expansion Assistance
- Assess project requirements
- Locate suitable buildings or sites
- Coordinate site tours with building owners and/or realtors
- Expedited permitting and zoning assistance
- Take control of property (through options)
- Provide introductions to financial sources
- Propose financing alternatives
- Assist with financing package
- List applicable taxes
- Detail tax exemptions that apply
- Estimate tax liability
- Outline available incentives
Business Assistance
- Facilitate B2B introductions
- Support networking and information sharing through through the Greater Muskogee Manufacturers Alliance (GMMA)
- Provide workforce and training assistance
- Communicate local training and workforce development opportunities
- Assist with redesign of facility layouts
- Identify opportunities for energy efficiency and savings
- Implement lean manufacturing concepts
- Arrange for R&D support
- Deliver export and trade assistance
- Promote products and services at national and international trade shows
- Conduct goodwill visits to corporate headquarters
Liaison Assistance
- Introduce businesses to Muskogee and its leaders
- Represent prospective companies before public bodies
- Meet with local, state, and federal officials to discuss regulations that impact business
- Arrange special events and media coverage
Community Data & Market Research
- Quantify demographics
- List economic indicators
- Identify support services
- Provide list of existing industries
- Organize labor surveys
- Conduct wage and salary surveys
- Deliver supply chain and market research
- Prepare transportation profile
- Obtain freight rate structure
- Prepare comparative costs of trucking, rail and barge
- Provide cost of living information
- List recreational and cultural assets
- Describe opportunities available in our educational systems from primary to post-secondary levels
Special Events
- Host ground breaking ceremonies for companies
- Conduct industry recognition events
