HOWNIKAN Giwségises | November 2019 Top photo: Fall begins to make its appearance across the Nation. Pro-Pipe USA breaks ground at Iron Horse A LOOK INSIDE Tribal leaders, congressional representatives and local officials welcomed Canadian Page 9 firm Pro-Pipe USA LLC to the Citizen Potawatomi Nation in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, for the pipeline manufacturer’s groundbreaking ceremony at Iron Horse Industrial Park. “Pro Pipe USA’s investment in Iron Horse will help to drive economic development Tribe and Chairman win REI in Oklahoma,” said Citizen Potawatomi Oklahoma Vision Award Nation Tribal Chairman John “Rocky” Barrett. “Iron Horse Industrial Park and CPN provide an excellent environment Page 10 for manufacturers to produce and distribute their products. We thank Pro Pipe USA for the partnership.” “It is wonderful to be able to stand here Robert Wilder, Patrick Lamoureux, Chairman John “Rocky” Barrett and Dan in this spot and to think about the times Porodo celebrate the company’s groundbreaking at the Iron Horse Industrial Park. the Chairman and I drove past this field and he pointed to the fields and Act. The act restores the authority of And the answer is, you could, just no Tribal election notice for 2020 said ‘Here’s what we hope to do,’” said federally recognized tribes to develop one has,” said Lankford. “So to be able United States Senator James Lankford and implement their own laws governing to open this park up, let’s get rail line to at the groundbreaking ceremony. the long-term leasing of Indian lands for it, let’s start this vision, start employment Page 14 residential, business and other purposes. in this area and let’s have the vision of Pro-Pipe USA LLC will operate a what we’re doing here reach out across Hownikan founder, CPN Elder 50,000-square-foot production facility at “Iron Horse’s location is ideal for logistics, the entire globe, it’s now begun.” Beverly Hughes walks on Iron Horse Industrial Park located on 25 access to markets while the economic acres of land. Once at peak production, environment is ideal,” Lamoureux Iron Horse’s success is critical to the Pages 17-23 Pro-Pipe USA LLC’s Iron Horse facility said. “The (Oklahoma) region offers re-opening of the line, which can will employ 20 to 30 workers who will a similar economics to Canada in provide an east-west connection of four Tribal Executive and manufacture high density polyethylene terms of an area that is rich in amazing major north-south rail corridors to Legislative updates pipe for the oil and gas, mining, people, oil and gas, and agriculture.” significantly enhance regional commerce. irrigation, sewer, telecommunications, Pro-Pipe USA LLC expects operations geothermal and municipal water markets. Senator Lankford noted that the Iron Page 24 to begin by summer of 2020, including Horse opening would be an anchor Walking on “The historical connection between expansion with its affiliate partners, for development along the rail line Canada and CPN is the people,” Pro- thus creating additional employment. that runs into southeast Oklahoma. The industrial park’s northern border Pipe USA-LLC’s Patrick Lamoureux “We can never predict the weather, but said. “This commercial trade will lead touches the North Canadian River, Pro-Pipe USA LLC will be producing their where a rail bridge washed out in 1994 to ongoing commerce between CPN pipeline products within the next year,” and Canada via Pro-Pipe USA LLC before AOK-CPN and federal partners CPN Economic Development Director worked to re-open it in 2013. Then- and its Canadian business interests.” James C. Collard said. “This is not the Congressman Lankford was on hand for only great news, as many know that one The company’s production facility is that commemoration ceremony just a manufacturing job tends to support and in the initial stages of construction, few hundred feet from where Pro-Pipe multiply three or four outside jobs as well.” with CPN retaining ownership of the USA’s groundbreaking took place. facility while subleasing it to Pro-Pipe The industrial park has been in USA LLC through contractual tenets “For decades we have hoped to be able consideration for several years and first PR SRT STD PR SRT US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO 49 PERMIT laid out by the U.S. Helping Expedite to get back across that river again to STIGLER, OK 74462 saw significant progress when a 2008 and Advance Responsible Tribal be able to re-establish commerce for independent feasibility study indicated Homeownership Act, or HEARTH all of southeast Oklahoma,” Lankford the park was worth pursuing. The feasibility study was followed by a detailed said. “But no one could get it done econometric analysis by Professor Joseph until this Tribe, AOK and our team Kalt of Harvard University, which stepped up and worked with the corps revealed an industrial park would have a of engineers and said ‘let’s figure out significant economic impact on the region. how to get it done’ ... To this tribe, thank you for what you’ve done.” Those studies served as the basis of the Tribe’s application for an Economic De- Iron Horse is a general-use industrial velopment Administration grant. In 2011, park located on the national rail line CPN was awarded a $1 million EDA network in the center of the United grant to build infrastructure to support States. It consists of a 400-acre site of development of the industrial park. Native American trust land owned by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, located 35 By developing Iron Horse Industrial minutes east of Oklahoma City and is a Park as a destination for manufacturers satellite site of Foreign-Trade Zone #106. and those participating in international trade, CPN looks to increase its The well-planned layout of the park pro- ability to be a job creator and vides tenants with direct access to both rail supporter in east central Oklahoma. and the U.S. highway system. The indus- trial park is less than 10 miles from Inter- “The vision for this park has really been state 40 and within two miles of U.S. 177. Oklahoma Senator James Lankford a driving force to say ‘Why couldn’t we Its midwest location on Native American speaks during the ceremony. do international commerce right here?’ trust land financially supports tenants. 2 NOVEMBER 2019 HOWNIKAN House of Hope offers parenting classes By Kayla Woody, House of Hope Prevention Specialist As we all know, parenting can be incredibly challenging and difficult to master. We live in a demanding society with many distractions, and our tasks are never ending. Parents want what is best for their children, but knowing how to provide that sometimes can be tough. At the House of Hope, we offer parenting classes, at no charge, to those in the community who either need or desire such training. Deciding to take a parenting class doesn’t mean you’re a bad parent. It shows you care about your family and the future of your children. 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