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This city is offering you $10,000 to move there
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/23/this-city-is-offering-you-move-there/?utm_term=.b78808895b47
Tulsa is aiming to attract people by offering those who work remotely and entrepreneurs $10,000 to move there. If they agree to stay for at least one year, the workers will receive cash that includes rent subsidies and stipends.
The initiative in Tulsa is the latest effort to persuade people to move to smaller cities. The programs dangle thousands of dollars in perks and incentives, hoping to draw in workers who might otherwise settle in major metropolitan areas. Since the financial crisis, the countrys most prosperous cities have become more economically dominant. According to a Brookings Institution report on economic inequality, the rise of information technology has rewarded areas that are already densely developed.
Dubbed Tulsa Remote, the program is sponsored by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, whose website for the initiative has received more than 6,000 applications since it went live earlier this month, according to Ken Levit, the executive director of GKFF.
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To qualify for Tulsa Remote, applicants must be at least 18 years old and employed with a company that allows them to work remotely. Entrepreneurs who do not reside in Tulsa County can also apply. The total package of $10,000 spread out over a year covers $2,500 for moving expenses, monthly payments of $500 to help cover rent and $1,500 after living in Tulsa for one year, according to Levit. There are other benefits that make the offer even richer, which include about $300 per month in additional rental assistance, Levit said. Applicants will go through a video interview and visit the city before they are made an offer
msongs
(67,405 posts)tip lots of seats in elections
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)An office under my present manager actually had an employee who lived in California and did her work remotely. I could move to Tulsa and keep my current job. I just don't like Oklahoma, never did.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,548 posts)Geeze, the thought of living in Oklahoma is frightening.
BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)For a few years.
A little too "Christian" for my taste but to each their own.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Thanks for posting.