Downtown Development

[Admin]

Yes that was him.

Don't expect many responses.

[Johnboy976]

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[Johnboy976]

Davaz, eat this!

http://www.kotv.com/news/topstory/?id=135448

[aoxamaxoa]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

Big companies downtown... man, why didn't someone think of that?

I'll email Microsoft, GE, the automakers, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Exxon, Citigroup, Home Depot, IBM, Google, Intel, and Boeing about moving their corporate HQ downtown.  I think we have a shot if we all email a handful of companies and ask really nicely.  What do we think about having a Wal-Mart HQ downtown?  Maybe we should pass on that one.

Anyway, thanks Davaz for the idea.  Big companies = big buildings downtown.

Brilliant!

If you don't agree with the premise, then blow it way out of proportion. It's your American way.....a very pathetic way to discuss matters.
A good insight to the ills of our country.

[cannon_fodder]

quote:Originally posted by aoxamaxoa


A good insight to the ills of our country.

[TulsaEx]

Even though the city of Austin and it's metro are nearly twice the size of the city of Tulsa and it's metro, let's do some comparisons.

Fortune 500(1000) company headquarters:
Austin
34  Dell (actually in Round Rock, 15 mile North)
411 Whole Foods (Downtown)
414 Temple-Inland (Not Downtown)

Tulsa
208 Oneok (Downtown)
211 Williams (Downtown)
958 Dollar Thrift (Not Downtown)

Forbes 100 largest private companies:
Austin
None

Tulsa
5  Semgroup (Not Downtown)
28 Quik Trip (Not Downtown)

Fortune 100 fastest growing companies 2007:
Austin
15 Perficient (Not Downtown)

Tulsa
3  Arena Resoursed (Not Downtown)
29 Helmerich & Payne (Downtown and Midtown)
69 Oneok (already listed)

I'd say that Tulsa actually compares fairly well to Austin.  I will agree that Austin has a very vibrant downtown, though, and Tulsa should look to Austin as a model of what they want to accomplish in their own downtown redevelopment.  Of course, having a 50,000 student university in the city would help Tulsa's downtown tremendously.

[cannon_fodder]

Great job TulsaEx.  Using actual data to combat ignorance is so very unique.  But damn effective. []