Using a new, web-based initiative that is simple and straightforward, Allied Arts seeks to engage the community and bolster funding for arts programs throughout central Oklahoma. Power2give.org is a crowd-sourced funding site modeled similarly to popular crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter or Indiegogo, created exclusively for arts and cultural nonprofits and connecting projects with donors […]
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Fabric of society
It allows Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to access critical legal and financial information from professionals. Its website, livewoven.com, has educational content. Visitors can watch a video or read an article to learn how they can live their true lives amid the quagmire of complex and competing state and federal laws. […]
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Conventional thought
A MAPS 3 subcommittee selects the designer for the planned convention center and sticks with the facility’s planned location. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK The MAPS 3 Convention Center Subcommittee voted last week to recommend that the companies responsible for selecting the site of the $252 million building also be hired to design it. The recommendation to […]
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More for Core to Shore
More for Core to Shore Concerns arise over Urban Renewal Authority efforts to obtain land for the future MAPS 3 convention center. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK The Oklahoma City Planning Commission has delayed for 60 days a measure that would allow the city’s Urban Renewal Authority (OCURA) to proceed with obtaining the site for the future […]
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Shedding tiers
Some city officials caution that the MAPS 3 convention center may need to be built with expansion in mind. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK Members of a group overseeing progress of the future MAPS 3 convention center have expressed concern that budget constraints could cause the city to miss the mark on a key goal for the […]
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Convention-centric
The subcommittee unanimously selected the site, located at the former Bob Howard Downtown Ford dealership, after several members attacked a consultant’s report on site costs, with subcommittee member Larry Nichols calling it “nonsense.” Meanwhile, under a timeline approved by the convention center subcommittee, almost every other large-scale MAPS 3 project would be pushed back to […]
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Next up: Death Star
The Oklahoma City resident recently shared this wish with the world at atatforamerica.tumblr.com — specifically, to build a full-scale, functional model of an AT-AT Imperial Walker from ‘The Empire Strikes Back,’ all in order for “America to make something awesome again,” the site reads. Nerds everywhere scream, “Cool!” Tea Partiers everywhere cry, “Whaddaya mean ‘again,’ […]
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Eight is enough
MAPS 3 convention center subcommittee members got a look at size estimates for the forthcoming facility at its March 1 meeting, as well as some of the potential sites. And without a “headquarters hotel,” which may require some incentives from the city for development, connected to a future convention center, the project may be unable […]
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Just another Link in the chain
The site boasts more than 80 million users, more than 60 percent of whom are key decision makers or influences in their companies. The magazine offered five secrets to using LinkedIn successfully: 1. Approach others; don’t wait for them to approach you. 2. Actively engage with other users. 3. Join and use LinkedIn groups. 4. […]
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Oh, Momma!
Metro mom Caitlin Kelley has always had a passion for shopping. It was something about finding a good deal that kept the flame for her favorite pastime ignited. Along with shopping, Kelley found joy in lending a helping hand to those who needed assistance. From her work with Infant Crisis Services, to her own experiences […]