by Rachel Meinke | Aug 18, 2010 | Transportation
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2mDTugikTY]This week is United Way week at ACOG. We have served the United Way of Central Oklahoma over the past 15 years as a Pacesetter organization. Pacesetters set the “pace” for the fall campaign, which starts after Labor...
by Rachel Meinke | Aug 5, 2010 | Transportation
It’s been so hot lately, and we’ve been so busy, that we haven’t had the time to properly thank everyone for participating in our Sustainable Communities workshop a few weeks ago (July 17). So, a belated salute! We had over 100 stakeholders at the workshop, which was...
by Rachel Meinke | Jul 19, 2010 | Transportation
I am back from a week of sun with a little (or a lot) of GIS thrown in, otherwise known as the 2010 ESRI (now pronounced ez-ri) International User Conference. 15,000 of my closest GIS friends and I arrived in San Diego for a week themed “Geography: Opening the World...
by Rachel Meinke | Jun 30, 2010 | Economic Development, Transportation
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) is seeking regional partners for the new HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant program. The program, announced last week by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, is designed to create economically...
by Rachel Meinke | Jun 9, 2010 | Transportation
If you’re downtown this week, be sure to come to a complete stop at crosswalks and get ready to wear your friendly hat. Starting Thursday, and running through June 14, mayors from over 36 states across the United States will be converging on the region to take in the...
by Rachel Meinke | Jun 3, 2010 | Transportation
We thought we would experiment with social media and see how it can help draw attention to our regional rideshare program, GetAroundOK. We have about 600 subscribers, and we would like to have 1,000 by the end of summer. Right now, the Oklahoma City region has the...
