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The city was ranked as being the 26th greenest in the country. [9] [10] [11] MetroMonitor ranked Tulsa 35th in the nation for economic recovery. [12] It was listed as 6th best city for small business and jobs by the Business Journal and Forbes in 2008. [13] In 2012, Tulsa was ranked second for young people to find a job by the Fiscal Times. [14]
The Century Boat Company was founded in 1926 at 333 W Beecher Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by two brothers, James and William Welch, who excelled in building wooden plank hulls for speed. The company was moved to Manistee, Michigan in 1928. In 1930, its Century Hurricane model held the world speedboat record of 50.93 miles per hour (81.96 km/h).
The Cox Business Convention Center (CBCC) was originally named Tulsa Assembly Center. It was later renamed Maxwell Convention Center after former mayor James L. Maxwell. [1] In February 2013, Cox Communications acquired the naming rights to the facility and renamed it the Cox Business Center. [1] In 2020, "Convention" was added to the name. [2]
The Defoe Shipbuilding Company was a small ship builder established in 1905 in Bay City, Michigan, United States. It ceased to operate in 1976 after failing to renew its contracts with the United States Navy. The site of the former company is now being developed for business and housing on the bank of the Saginaw River.
Blue Chip was launched as a three-deck gaming boat on August 22, 1997, [5] at that time only riverboat casinos were permitted in the state of Indiana, three years later, a hotel complex was added. In 2002, the third level was expanded, bringing the gaming space to 42,500 sq ft (3,950 m 2 ).
The boat club, which was started in the 1940s as a place for boating enthusiasts on Swan Creek to meet to play cards, have a beer and kickback, mostly during the hot summer months, has faced its ...
Glastex Company president and founder, William J. Horvath, expanded the company to a 47,000-square-foot (4,400 m 2) facility in Monmouth, Illinois after an early-1958 zoning dispute regarding manufacturing use of the 7-acre (28,000 m 2) property and the 9,000-square-foot (840 m 2) building located there. In 1958, Glastex employed twenty-two ...
The Les Cheneaux Antique Wooden Boat Show is held in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the city of Hessel, Michigan. Founded in 1978, the event is held every year during the second week of August. The event brings about 8,000 to 10,000 boaters and visitors each year from all over the United States coming together to appreciate antique boats. [1]