Business roundup

The Norman Transcript

May 18, 2008 12:45 am

— Valliance Bank opens
Valliance Bank announced the opening of a full-service location at 702 Wall St. in Norman.
Valliance Bank is locally owned and specializes in real estate lending, commercial business, and personal banking services for business owners, professionals and corporate executives
Four of six Valliance Bank board members are Norman residents including: Roy Oliver, chairman of the board of Valliance Bank; Joe Harroz, Norman attorney; Stanton Nelson, The Oliver Group; and Hal Smith of the Hal Smith Restaurant Group. Additionally, all Valliance Bank of Norman personnel reside in Norman.
Future plans for Valliance Bank include a permanent facility to be built in the University Town Center development. Valliance Bank was established in 2004 and headquarters at 1601 NW Expressway.

Humanities council
launches new magazine
The Oklahoma Humanities Council launched a new magazine, Oklahoma Humanities, this past week at a private event in Oklahoma City.
As the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Oklahoma Humanities Council’s mission is to promote meaningful public engagement with the humanities. According to OHC Executive Director Ann Thompson, the magazine will serve as an official program of the council and will reflect the organization’s strategic goals of humanities education and community building.
The magazine will have a statewide circulation of more than 8,000 and a readership of thousands more, including those who access it through public libraries, cultural organizations, universities and other state humanities councils. Oklahomans may request a free one-year subscription by calling the Council at 235-0280 or by e-mail at ohc@okhumanitiescouncil.org.

Industrial land purchased
Industrial land on Deskin Drive in Norman has been purchased for investment purposes.
R.W. Investments LLC, sold land at 3321 and 3301 Deskin Drive for $118,800. The buyer was JSL Investment Holdings LLC. Eric C. Fleske, CCIM, of Equity Commercial Realty LLC, was the associate who handled the transaction.

Norman company
creates athletics logo
Old Hat Creative of Norman recently created Le Moyne College’s first official athletics logo. The design was released at Le Moyne’s annual Student-Athlete Awards Ceremony held earlier this month.
The primary logo features a sleek dolphin above the words “Le Moyne Dolphins.” Versions of the primary logo were adjusted to create secondary marks to provide greater flexibility. Specific pantone colors were chosen to increase consistency and to give Le Moyne athletics a brand identity.

Gralla leads planning team
GH2 Gralla Equestrian Architects, an internationally recognized equestrian design firm founded by Stan Gralla, has been commissioned to lead an international team in the development of market analysis, programming and master planning for a 1,200 to 2,000 acre international equestrian center for the Egyptian government.
The center will be built outside of Cairo. The center will include a major international race course, show jumping, cross country and endurance racing venues, a polo club, veterinary and surgical centre, an educational component, a five star hotel and sites for breeding and training.

‘Getting the money
for your small business’
Susan Urbach, Oklahoma State Business Development Center, will present a free seminar titled, “Getting the money for your small business” 7 p.m. Thursday at the Norman Public Library, 225 N. Webster Ave.
Registration is required; call the library at 701-2620.
This seminar teaches what lenders look for in a loan request. It covers what a business plan is and what should be included to get a loan. Urbach also will explain how the OSBDC can help small business owners.
— Transcript Staff