Tuesday 18 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: downtown
In the park
At the first of three public meetings on the planned MAPS 3 downtown park, ideas ranged from Wi-Fi to a castle and moat.
News
Clifton Adcock
City officials and consultants on Sept. 13 held the first of three meetings seeking public input for design and programming of the future MAPS 3 downtown park. More than 130 people attended the meeting at the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library, filling the room to near capacity.
Parked plans
Developers put on hold efforts to turn the First National Center’s annex buildings into parking.
News
Dawn Watson
Plans to convert a portion of the First National Center into parking are on hold while developers wait for the building to go into receivership.
Bad politics
Solid local talent is the bright spot in the political comedy 'November.'
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
November
7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
CitySpace, Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
cityrep.com
297-2264
$30-35
Tuesdays with pedals
Three Tuesday-evening tours offer a chance to hop on a bike and learn about downtown.
Features
Peter Wright
Downtown OKC Bike Tours
6 p.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 16
Various locations
downtownokc.com/downtownokcbiketours.aspx
235-3500
Free
Staying the course
A MAPS 3 subcommittee selects the designer for the planned convention center and sticks with the facility's planned location.
News
Clifton Adcock
The MAPS 3 Convention Center Subcommittee voted yesterday to recommend that the company responsible for selecting the site of the $252 million building also be the one to design it.
Rise up
Big plans are in store for a retail space at N.W. 23rd Street and Walker Avenue, to be redubbed The Rise.
CoCo closed
With a lawsuit looming by U.S. Fleet, a coworking collaborative is forced to shut its doors.
News
Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative, otherwise known as OKCCoCo, announced Oct. 1 that it’s dissolving as a company because it has run out of money defending against a lawsuit. OKCCoCo officials said the membership-driven business had spent the last of its remaining funds in a suit by U.S. Fleet Tracking, which had given OKCCoCo a $23,000 sponsorship.
Gazette’s Halloween Parade set for Oct. 27
Sixth annual parade celebrating creativity and artistry rolls through Midtown and Automobile Alley.
News
Gazette staff
On Saturday, Oct. 27, Gazette’s Halloween Parade again marches through Midtown and Automobile Alley celebrating artistry and creativity. This year’s parade will feature 53 entries.
