Tulsa Chamber Says 2018 Was Huge For Economic Development

The numbers are in, and it's been a record-breaking year of capital investments in Green Country. The Tulsa Regional Chamber says companies are coming in and others are expanding - investing more than $800 million in 2018.

"We want companies to feel good about us, and see the progress and the great things that are happening in our city and in our region," said Mike Neal, Tulsa Regional Chamber President.

"Then they want to come be apart of that - so success does breed success."

The Chamber partnered with public and private businesses in 20 counties, the governor, the mayor and Indian tribes to put together a five-year plan.

The goal by 2020 was $1.1 billion, and that goal has already been hit two years early. Of course with big investments comes jobs.

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This year alone, the Chamber says it helped create more than 5,000 jobs. Amazon's new $130 million fulfillment center comes with 1,500 jobs, and that's just one example of major economic projects this year.

"We will never stop trying. We really want to surpass it. We would like to get close to $2 billion if we can," said Brien Thorstenberg.

"I mean that's a lofty goal. We're not going to stretch our goal, but we're going to really keep generating projects."

In the next few months, we'll find out how Tulsa stacks up to other cities in terms of economic growth. And the Chamber will get to work on it's next five-year plan for the years 2021 through 2025.