🌞 Seasonal Economic Activity Update: Summer Momentum in Oakes

OEI is currently engaging in a round of business check‑ins across Oakes. These conversations help us stay connected to workforce needs, upcoming projects, and opportunities to support business growth. A few highlights from this summer:

• Summer events across Oakes — from Irrigation Days to summer concerts, GST events, weddings, reunion weekends, golf tournaments, BCR Barrel Racing and Active Arts Music & Plays — continue to bring vibrant community activity and visitor traffic. OEI collaborates with many organizations, leveraging Resource Funding to strengthen local events and community initiatives that contribute to Oakes’ economic and social vitality.
• Creative new ideas are popping up from local entrepreneurs, many of whom are partnering with OEI through programs like BUMP, Flex PACE interest buy‑downs, the Business Sponsorship College Program, the Renaissance Zone, and more — signaling fun possibilities ahead for small‑business development. It’s a great time to stroll, drive, and stop in around town to see and hear what new ideas are taking shape.
• OEI is compiling feedback to shape upcoming initiatives focused on business support and community engagement.

These small touchpoints strengthen relationships, help us understand what businesses need, and guide OEI’s work as we support growth across Oakes.

If you’re a business owner and would like to schedule a check‑in, reach out anytime — we’d love to visit with you.

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