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"I moved from Newport News, Virginia, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2022 because of the Tulsa Remote program. It was around Christmastime of 2021, and I was looking for a new opportunity. I had just moved to Newport News from Virginia Beach just for that year. I really needed a change of pace, and I got introduced to MakeYourMove.com. I saw that a bunch of different cities had incentives for remote workers at the time."

"When I got to Tulsa, there were about 2,000 people who had made the move already, so I knew a lot of people had gone through the program. They called me, I interviewed, and they accepted me in February of 2022, but I did not move until October of 2022. I probably thought about buying a home in Tulsa when I initially moved there, but after I lived there for a year, I decided it probably wasn't for me."

Kourtnee Turner moved from Newport News, Virginia, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2022 after applying to the Tulsa Remote program, which grants movers $10,000 to live there. She discovered the program through MakeYourMove.com during a search for new opportunities around Christmastime 2021. She chose Tulsa among several city incentives, was accepted in February 2022, and relocated in October 2022. She stayed 13 months (one month longer than the required 12) because she was waiting to close on a house in Baltimore. She considered buying in Tulsa but decided it did not fit her long-term plans and returned east to align with family and goals.

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