Planning for a healthy future

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPBl04ub1oA]The City of Oklahoma City launched its latest comprehensive plan process in May. The goal of the plan is to ensure a healthy environment, community, and economy for its residents, with the understanding that the...

Pei-ving the way for downtown OKC

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwrd_07GUCA]In 1964, architect I.M. Pei was commissioned by the Urban Action Foundation to launch an urban renewal plan for Oklahoma City.  Pei’s ambitious plan included a vision of a “city of tomorrow,” which would look ahead...

The “Bridges of Canadian County”

Robert Kincaid wasn’t there to take photographs, but a host of luminaries, led by Canadian County Commissioner Phil Carson, were present at a ribbon-cutting for a new bridge on Sara Rd NE south of Azalea NE/248th/Waterloo Road. Funded with federal stimulus dollars,...

Gangsta Wrap

I think there’s a Chinese proverb that says, “he who pranks, gets pranked sevenfold.” This is what happens when you leave the office for four days. And my colleagues wonder why I never go anywhere. I had gone to Arlington, TX for a week for an...

Pi R Squared, But Pie Are Round!

Everybody likes pie.  What’s your favorite kind?  My favorite kind of pie is a pie chart!  At a recent Regional Transit Dialogue meeting, subcommittee members reviewed pie charts to better understand how other cities fund their transit systems.  We learned that sales...
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