After living in Oklahoma City’s sixth ward for about 20 years, Jim Holman said his name is a familiar one among neighbors. He hopes it carries a good reputation, and if the past few months have been any indication, he believes it does. “Asking for help is not the easiest thing to do,” Holman said. […]
Nathaniel Harding
Drawing MAPS
For the hefty price that it takes to fund a Metropolitan Area Projects (MAPS) plan and for the awe effect that such projects can have on Oklahoma City’s residents, mayor David Holt admits that the process behind choosing a project is fairly simple by comparison. “Since the inception of MAPS in 1993, the responsibility to […]
Midtown move
The liaison Thirty-six-year-old oil-and-gas business owner Nathaniel Harding does not deny his privilege. The son of an oil-and-gas tycoon, Harding learned early in life that there are things money can buy and things that can never be paid for. Money couldn’t, Harding learned, cure his mother, Margo, of a rare brain disease that took her […]
MAPS 3 tax is anticipated to sunset with a $28.5 million surplus
The MAPS 3 tax is anticipated to sunset with a $28.5 million surplus.
En route
The route is not set in stone, and is not the complete streetcar route under the MAPS 3 project, subcommittee members said. MAPS 3 is a $777 million capital improvement program, paid for by a 1-cent sales tax approved by voters in December 2009. Approximately $125 million of those funds will be set aside for […]
