Business Environment

Never pictured yourself or your company relocating to Oklahoma? The business climate in Bixby, Oklahoma may surprise you. Prime location, vital logistics, less taxation and better incentives all make Bixby the natural choice for business. The city is characterized by an open attitude toward quality development. Fueled by a state-leading population growth rate of 35.4%, Bixby is fast becoming the focus for new development in the south Tulsa metro area. Immediately adjacent to south Tulsa, Bixby is an affluent area with exceptional new housing developments, new businesses and new amenities coming online all the time.

The municipal government of Bixby is dedicated to providing quality shopping, dining, services and recreation choices for all of the south Tulsa area. Construction is well underway on the SpiritBank Event Center and accompanying Regal Plaza, a significant development in North Bixby with more than 300,000 sq. ft. of retail anchored by a hotel and the 5,000 seat event center. Other major developments are under consideration as the retail community begins to discover the market potential in Bixby.

Oklahoma offers numerous incentives and programs to encourage development, and has been consistently ranked as a business-friendly state by leading research firms. In fact, a 2004 study by Pollina Corporate Real Estate notes: "Oklahoma offers one of the most comprehensive and aggressive business incentive packages in the country, which allows it to take full advantage of its central United States location."

A Natural Location

Bixby is centrally located less than 4 hours from the geographic center of the 48 states and less than 3 hours from the population center of the United States. A business located here can reach half of the US with same-day or overnight motor transport service, and the entire nation with next-day service. Most population growth in the US is occurring in the South and West, meaning locating in Oklahoma makes sense for the long-term.

Vital Logistics

Bixby offers interstate and major highway access (I-44, US 169, US 75, HWY 64)
International air service via the Tulsa International Airport - only 20 minutes from downtown Bixby
Water transport through the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, 15 minutes away. The Port serves as the head of navigation for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation system. The Port offers companies ocean access and year-round ice-free barge service. More than 2.2 million tons of cargo move through the Port each year by barge, rail and truck.

Note: The Tulsa metro area earned a "5-Star" rating in Expansion Managements 2004 Logistics Quotient™ report.

Taxation

Oklahoma ranks 42nd in the nation in its per capita state and local tax burden. Put another way, the average Oklahoman pays $627 less in total state and local taxes in a year than the national average. Oklahoma's per capita corporate income taxes are 5th lowest in the nation. In October 2004, the State Business Tax Climate Index, compiled by the Tax Foundation, ranked Oklahoma 14th in a nationwide study that identifies which states have the most business-friendly tax codes.

Better Incentives

Bixby believes in judicious application of incentives to encourage growth the city. We don't take a cookie-cutter approach to incentive packages or to development in general. However, we do have a comprehensive array of economic development tools ready to be applied to the right project.

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Bixby: The Natural Choice for Business.
Trish Richey
Director of Economic Development
116 West Needles
Bixby, Oklahoma 74008
918-366-4430