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Demovictory9

(32,454 posts)
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 07:47 PM Nov 2018

"Tulsa Remote" offers 10K in incentives to get remote workers or entrepreneurs to move there

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 country’s 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

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"Tulsa Remote" offers 10K in incentives to get remote workers or entrepreneurs to move there (Original Post) Demovictory9 Nov 2018 OP
great news if we can get 100K liberals to get those jobs and move there. that many will msongs Nov 2018 #1
I work from home, and no way would I move to Tulsa The Genealogist Nov 2018 #2
I'm in OKC and work remotely...I'd move there...going to check it out. nt libdem4life Nov 2018 #3
Take more than 10K to even stay in Tulsa overnight. Liberal In Texas Nov 2018 #4
do you live in Austin by chance? BannonsLiver Nov 2018 #5
I lived in Tulsa bluecollar2 Nov 2018 #6
Interesting Sherman A1 Nov 2018 #7

msongs

(67,405 posts)
1. great news if we can get 100K liberals to get those jobs and move there. that many will
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 07:50 PM
Nov 2018

tip lots of seats in elections

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
2. I work from home, and no way would I move to Tulsa
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 07:54 PM
Nov 2018

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.

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