Stage Center Credit: Shannon Cornman The office tower will be at least 20 stories and incorporate one major tenant combined with additional retail shops, offices and restaurants, said Rainey Williams, president of Kestrel Investments. Plans for the 3.15-acre site, located between Sheridan and California avenues and Dewey and Walker avenues, include a parking garage and […]
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Freshman class
OKC City Council Credit: Mark Hancock Their approaches James Greiner represents northwest OKC’s Ward 1 while John Pettis Jr. leads the residents of Ward 7, primarily in the city’s northeast section. Both enjoyed landslide victories against incumbents. The two possess some innocuous similarities. This is their first time to hold public office, both are young […]
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Of wellness and worship
Ryan Kiesel Ryan Kiesel, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, told the Oklahoma City Council and municipal attorney Kenneth Jordan on July 16 all potential trouble spots in the offer by Putnam City Baptist Church “should be resolved” quickly in order to avoid litigation. “A partnership between the city and a […]
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Culture wars
Sen. Kyle Loveless Credit: Shannon Cornman The money would have sealed the completion of the project, which originated 18 years ago as a concept for advancing Oklahoma’s Native American culture. Having faced numerous hurdles before, museum supporters advised legislative leaders to delay action and focus attention on the tornado victims. Bill Anoatubby, governor of the […]
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Q-and-A question
The meeting’s format called for residents to write their questions on cards to be turned over to moderator Jimmy Robertson of Jacobs Engineering, the project’s consulting firm. Citizens were not allowed to ask follow-up questions or engage in dialogue with the consultants. In fact, some attendees thought their written questions might have been ignored. In […]
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TV guider
Bill Trash Dick Pryor, who spent 23 years working with Thrash at OETA, said the executive served as his mentor until the day he died. Pryor described Thrash as a “great director, producer, programmer and station executive. Bill’s contributions to television and public television were huge. He produced many of the great programs that define […]
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Pretty vacant
The Marion BY: Mark Hancock More than 12,000 of those structures are scattered throughout OKC, which prompted city officials last year to commission a study about the severity of the issue, coupled with potential solutions. Vacant homes and commercial buildings create a revenue loss because money typically collected from sales and use taxes, franchise fees […]
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Field trip
Zumba class at the North Little Rocksenior wellness center credit: Tim Farley The 15-member group, led by Mayor Mick Cornett, City Manager Jim Couch and MAPS 3 Director David Todd, checked out the programs and equipment of that city’s Patrick Henry Hays Senior Citizens Center. Facility director Charley Baxter and North Little Rock Mayor Joe […]
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The road ahead
Yet it’s worth the effort to revitalize a section of Oklahoma City that has been ignored much too long by city leaders, said Jaime di Paulo, business development coordinator for the Greater Oklahoma City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The renaissance will likely occur because of a Business Improvement District (BID) that di Paulo and others […]
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About a route
After three years of planning and debate, the MAPS 3 streetcar project may soon have a route that travels by all key destinations in downtown and Midto Before that happens, however, a public meeting Monday will give Oklahoma City citizens a chance to comment on the four options consulting firm Jacobs Engineering presented during a […]