Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Business and industry== [[Image:Historicbuilding.JPG|250px|thumb|right|Historic building on Main Street after a total restoration (June 2007)]] Broken Arrow is home to a wide range of businesses and industries. In fact, the city is ranked third in its concentration of manufacturers in the state.<ref name="bacommerce"/> Some of the city's more notable employers include: * [[FlightSafety International]] * [[FedEx Ground]] * [[Blue Bell Creameries]] * [[Windstream Communications]] Located in Broken Arrow since 1985, FlightSafety International (FSI) designs and builds aviation crew training devices called Flight Simulators at its Simulation Systems Division. With currently{{when|reason=time period is so vague or ambiguous|date=November 2022}} over 675 employees located there, of which about half are engineers, FSI is the largest private employer in the city.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} A number of new commercial developments are being built throughout the city, most notably along [[Oklahoma State Highway 51]], which runs through the city. A [[Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World]] opened in 2005<ref>{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=ROD WALTON World Staff |title=Bass Pro Shop tackles grand opening in BA |url=https://tulsaworld.com/archive/bass-pro-shop-tackles-grand-opening-in-ba/article_6fe699b4-c35a-51f4-b846-e0c1e4867939.html |access-date=2022-12-04 |website=Tulsa World |date=October 16, 2005 |language=en}}</ref> as the anchor to a development that includes hotels, restaurants, shopping, and eventually offices. A new full-service hospital and medical office building were constructed nearby in 2010 as an anchor to another large commercial development that will include retail space and two hotels. Oklahoma's first Dick's Sporting Goods opened in late 2011.<ref name="Broken Arrow Retail">{{cite news|url=http://www.brokenarrowretail.com/|title=Broken Arrow Retail|publisher=Brokenarrowretail.com|access-date=2008-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815085254/http://brokenarrowretail.com/|archive-date=2010-08-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007 the city created the Broken Arrow Economic Development Corporation to help oversee economic development.<ref name="Broken Arrow Economic Development">{{cite news| url=http://www.angeloueconomics.com/brokenarroweconomicdevelopment/index.html| title=Broken Arrow Economic Development| publisher=Angeloueconomics.com| access-date=2007-08-24| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225900/http://www.angeloueconomics.com/brokenarroweconomicdevelopment/index.html| archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> In late 2007, the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce began "Advance Broken Arrow", an economic development campaign aimed at expanding and diversifying the city's economic base.<ref name="Advance Broken Arrow">{{cite news|url=http://www.brokenarrowchamber.com/doing_business/advance.php|title=Advance Broken Arrow|publisher=Brokenarrowchamber.com|access-date=2008-02-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208091620/http://www.brokenarrowchamber.com/doing_business/advance.php|archive-date=2008-02-08}}</ref> In October 2023, plans were announced for a new 12,500-seat amphitheater to be built in town by 2025.<ref name=Notes>{{cite web|url= https://tulsaworld.com/life-entertainment/local/music/big-win-heres-why-notes-live-is-building-12-500-seat-amphitheater-in-broken-arrow/article_de49da96-62c8-11ee-b9b2-3319f8a7e0f1.html |title= 'Big win:' Here's why Notes Live is building 12,500-seat amphitheater in Broken Arrow|publisher=Jimmie Tramel, Tulsa World, October 5, 2023}}</ref> The Sunset Amphitheater is projected to host a minimum of 45 concert events annually.<ref name=Notes/> ===Downtown redevelopment=== [[Image:Historic house Broken Arrow Oklahoma.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Historic 1904 Victorian home on Main Street in downtown BA that has been converted into a business (July 2007)]] In 2005, the city adopted a downtown revitalization master plan to help revive the city's historic downtown area. Some of the plans include a new 3-story museum to house the historical society and genealogical society, a farmer's market and plaza, a new performing arts center, updates and expansions to area parks, the conversion of the historic Central Middle School on Main Street into a professional development center, infrastructure, and landscape improvements, and incentives to encourage denser infill, redevelopment, and reuse of the area's historic structures. Numerous buildings and homes have since been renovated, many new shops and offices have moved to downtown, and new townhomes are being built. The new historical museum, farmers market, and performing arts center opened in 2008. The city also sets strict new design standards in place that all new developments in the downtown area must adhere to. These standards were created to prevent "suburban" development in favor of denser, "urban" development, and to ensure that new structures complement and fit in with the historic buildings downtown. In October 2012 Downtown Broken Arrow's main street corridor was named the Rose District.<ref>[http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=79] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104232810/http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=79|date=November 4, 2012}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page