The Community & Business Relations division is a part of the City Manager's department.  It oversees policy and programs to advance local economic development, specifically as it relates to the recruitment and retention of retail or other sales tax producing businesses, as well as managing the Special Event application process. This division serves as a liaison to external stakeholders including the local business community, special event organizers, and other community partners.  

The City of Norman has a council-manager form of government which consists of an elected City Council that is responsible for policymaking, and a professional city manager, appointed by the council, who is responsible for administration. The council-manager form, the most popular form of government, is based on the model of a business with a board of directors that appoints a chief executive officer.

LGBTQ is an acronym that collectively refers to individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning. It may also be represented as LGBT or, historically, GLBT. People often use LGBTQ+ to mean all of the communities included in LGBTQ2SIA+ This initialism and the various terms are always evolving. The most important thing is to be respectful and use the terms that people prefer. https://pflag.org/glossary