DURANT, OKLAHOMA
WHERE BUSINESS PROSPERS AND LIFE IS GOOD!
"The Magnolia Capital of
Oklahoma" — is a great place to live, work and
raise a family. The
community of 14,000 residents is located at the intersection of U.S.
Highway 70 and U.S. Highways 69/75. Durant is located less than 1.5 hours
north of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
Durant is home to many great attractions such as beautiful Lake
Texoma, the Annual Magnolia Festival of Oklahoma, Fort Washita Historical
Site, the Three Valley Museum, historic downtown Durant and the Oklahoma
Shakespearean Festival.
The
basis of a great education begins with the Durant Public School System.
With three elementary schools, Durant Intermediate School, Durant Middle
School and Durant High School, you can
be sure that your children will receive the best education possible.
Durant has some of the best post-secondary
educational opportunities available anywhere. Durant
is home to a top-ranked vocational-technical school — Kiamichi Technology
Center — and an outstanding four-year university in Southeastern Oklahoma
State University. The picturesque campus of Southeastern is known as the
"Campus Of A Thousand Magnolias."
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, with a membership of more than
100,000 Choctaw Indians, is headquartered in Durant. Since 1978, the tribe
has grown from 75 employees to over 1,500 workers. Under the leadership of
Chief Gregory E. Pyle, the tribe continues to focus emphasis on education
and currently graduates more college students than any other Indian tribe
in the nation.
Durant has one of the best-educated and most
productive labor pools available anywhere.
With
more people moving into the area, any company or industry expanding or
relocating into Durant will have an outstanding labor pool from which to
draw new employees.
The future
certainly continues to look bright for Durant, a community with small town
charm and big city opportunities for its citizens.
For vacation or relocation packets on the Durant area, call the
Durant Area Chamber of Commerce at (580) 924-0848 or e-mail
director@durantchamber.org.
We'll be happy to tell you all about our great hometown.
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