News
Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust unanimously approved efforts paving the way for the city to award the Boeing company incentive money in exchange for new jobs.
Thursday 20 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: development
Boeing bucks
OKC plans to negotiate incentives for a second round of Boeing job relocations.
News
Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust unanimously approved efforts paving the way for the city to award the Boeing company incentive money in exchange for new jobs.
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
As appetizing as a frozen banana in December.
Documentary
Rod Lott
Thanks to Netflix, we are mere days away from being able to bite into Arrested Development’s long-awaited, never-thought-it-would-happen fourth season. In the meantime, you might be inclined to consume The Arrested Development Documentary Project as an appetizer, seeing as how the documentary is now available on demand from FilmBuff.
Lofty goal
A local developer is converting the old downtown library into upscale lofts.
News
Tim Farley
Growing up in Pauls Valley, Judy Hatfield loved going to the public library. She would sit in a corner and read for hours.
Chipping in
OKC developer Chip Fudge’s efforts in historic preservation earn him this year’s Urban Pioneer Award.
News
Tim Farley
2013 Urban Pioneer Award
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Bill & Pam Shdeed Great Hall
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Bricktown living
A $70 million residential development is slated for downtown’s entertainment district.
News
Tim Farley
Living in downtown Oklahoma City is expensive by anyone’s definition, but developers Gary Brooks and Andy Burnett aim to change that with a new project in east Bricktown.
Weighing what’s important downtown
OKC city council votes to see whether a convention center hotel is necessary before proceeding further.
News
Tim Farley
Financing a convention center hotel in downtown Oklahoma City isn’t as important as discovering if one is actually needed. That was the consensus of the city council June 11 when it rejected a proposal to pay a financial management company an extra $100,000 on delivering financing options for a would-be convention center hotel. That firm, Chicago-based Public Financial Management, is under contract for other city projects.
