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The search for new Chamber of Commerce President continues The Daily Ardmoreite Earlier this year Mita Bates announced her plans to retire on December 31. Bates serves as President of the Ardmore Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO of the Ardmore Development Authority, President of the Ardmore Tourism Authority, and President of the Chamber of Commerce Foundation. A combined meeting of the boards of the chamber, the ADA and the ATA was held earlier this spring to discuss the right way to move forward to find Bates' replacement. Ultimately a search committee consisting of nine members – t...

The Ardmore Chamber is currently applying for a $25 million federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant

A record breaking year: Festival of Lights brings in over $70K in drive through donations The Daily Ardmoreite It was a record breaking year for the Festival of Lights. While individual vehicles and the number of passengers inside those vehicles are not counted, the donations these visitors give as they exit the light display is. This year that figure was a record-breaking $71,584.67. According to Ardmore Chamber of Commerce President Mita Bates, the Festival typically brings in approximately $55,000 in drive through donations, and the previous record highest amount was around $60,000. The ad...

Ardmore Tourism authority takes a look at the numbers midway through the fiscal year The Daily Ardmoreite The Ardmore Tourism Authority met Thursday morning and part of their agenda was a discussion about the budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. Because the fiscal year began on July 1, the budget figures through December represent a midpoint in the year and a good time to see how the numbers are tracking so far.  Though the tourism and travel industry has been one of the hardest impacted by the pandemic, ATA President Mita Bates said the ATA is currently on track to meet the budget for the ...

Partners in industry: ADA renews loan-lease equipment agreement with Michelin Drew Butler dbutler@gannett.com Earlier this week the Ardmore Development authority voted to renew their longtime partnership with the Michelin tire plant. The partnership is a loan-lease agreement in which the ADA agrees to purchase manufacturing equipment that the plant will then lease back from the organization. Mita Bates, president and CEO of the Ardmore Development Authority, said both parties entered into the agreement in 2004 in order to help the plant stay on top of technological developments. “We actuall...