Fred Jones Business Development Center and it's clients win Innovator of the Year award

The Journal Record named the Fred Jones Business Development Center and two of it's clients, Evolve Products and Old Russia Distillery & Spirits, as Journal Record Innovator of the Year for 2004. The Journal Record Innovator of the Year award recognizes and honors Oklahomans who set themselves apart with products and services that change the marketplace and make Oklahoma a better place.

Evolve Products makes and sells an innovative litter box called the CatSeat that toilet trains cats. Old Russia Distillery & Spirits is the first legal distillery in the state. Old Russia is currently producing Metore's Russian Heritage Grain Vodka, an ultra premium vodka.