Ponca City Receives Recognition

2013 has been a year of awards for Ponca City.

The city has gotten awards for development, the medical center and now technology.

Ponca City ranked fifth on a list of towns with population less than 75,000 that is moving its community forward in the technology arena.

The city was commended for applications firefighters and code enforcement use in the field.

Also, the use of Ponca City’s website and Facebook.

Two more awards were announced at last night’s city commission meeting.

City manager, Craig Stephenson said Utility Telecom Council presented Ponca City with the Apex award.

“This is a group that represents utility companies, and this one has to do with the wireless and the digital and those events," Stephenson said.

Stephenson also announced last night that Ponca City placed second in a rural broadband associations competition for leading rural innovation.