The Truck Yard

[Conan71]

"And there's the rub: We need to improve our demographics by keeping and retaining the 25-34 YPs.  We need more sales tax revenue too.  

Do 25-34 YPs want a more built up food truck court at the boathouse/amphitheater?  Do they want REI instead of volleyball courts?  Do they want to buy a lower price point coach handbag then put on their new Nikes and go for a run on the adjacent urban wilderness?  Do they want a walkable lifestyle with a cool loft downtown or a 3000 ft. house in Jenks or Bixby? Those are important things to consider."

Glad you can join us for the April meeting. Hope the whole issue hasn't already been resolved by then.

I sure hope it has been resolved by then, it would make my life a whole lot less stressful. 

I still believe we can have a really good forum on green space and recreation vs. development and economic growth needs.

[carltonplace]

This is completely off topic, but I think Tulsa would experience significant growth if TPS could be improved that it is no longer viewed as "sketchy," or incapable of matching the perceived quality of suburban districts. I personally know of several young families that would like to live in midtown but won't send their kids to TPS, and can't afford private school.

As far as this development goes, I don't think it makes any sense in the proposed location.

TPS has a giant perception problem, case in point: My niece and nephew and their TPS orchestra just played Carnegie Hall. They could not have done that if they were enrolled in Jenks or Owasso.

Agree that this truck yard proposal makes more sense in an unused urban area rather than arbitrarily stuck next to the river for the "river" mayor.

[Conan71]

TPS has a giant perception problem, case in point: My niece and nephew and their TPS orchestra just played Carnegie Hall. They could not have done that if they were enrolled in Jenks or Owasso.

Agree that this truck yard proposal makes more sense in an unused urban area rather than arbitrarily stuck next to the river for the "river" mayor.

Remember he's also the "Job gettingest Mayor Tulsa has ever seen."  More retail! More retail!

[LandArchPoke]

Few more details available at the Frontier site:



http://www.tulsafrontier.com/big-changes-could-be-coming-to-arkansas-rivers-west-bank/

Apparently a group wants to build a pier out into the river with a restaurant on it, could be interesting.