Summary:

– McDowell brings 20 years of Tulsa-area development experience.

– Focuses on data-driven, collaborative growth and business retention.

– Plans to align education, housing and workforce strategies.

EDMOND – The new executive director of the Edmond Economic Development Authority says the city is well-positioned for the next chapter and her job is to work with other city leaders to move it forward.

“It’s not about, in my mind, growing Edmond so much as what I like to call elevating Edmond,” Heather McDowell said during an interview last week with The Journal Record .

McDowell has two decades of economic development experience in the Tulsa area. What drew her to Edmond is the “sense of community and collaboration and the values of the people and the partnerships t

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