For a Better City: Billboards

[patric]

Nothing like new billboards to spruce up a city (just ask Broken Arrow).

[Townsend]

Yes, billboards really add to the beauty of a community.  Lady Bird would be proud.

It makes us even more comfortably cosmopolitan.

[perspicuity85]

Promotional drive for city gets under way.

The messages on the billboards seem slightly vague, but they're better than nothing.  The C & V Bureau should have teamed up with noteworthy local entertainment and shopping venues on this campaign.

[NellieBly]

6,000 coasters as thank you gifts for visitors?

I like the part about making cabbies friendly. Maybe they should talk to them about personal hygiene.

[sgrizzle]

We have cabbies?

I drove out to the airport a couple of days ago and they had spruced up the Highway 11 underpass so at least you don't have a crappy view of the city until you're on the highway.

[inteller]

home to the largest bull sharks....uh, that would be JENKS.

24/7 entertainment? yeah, maybe if watching people get shot in north tulsa in the wee hours of the night count.

i am the birthplace of america's mother road...?  no that would be Chicago.

sounds like "i am" stretching the truth.


"i am"....holy **** who did they blow money with to come up with that ****?


here are some for free:

i am:  home to some of the ****tiest roads in america.

i am:  home to a city hall nicer than most of the businesses who pay taxes here

[perspicuity85]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

home to the largest bull sharks....uh, that would be JENKS.

24/7 entertainment? yeah, maybe if watching people get shot in north tulsa in the wee hours of the night count.

i am the birthplace of america's mother road...?  no that would be Chicago.

Jenks is part of the Tulsa metro area, which is the focus of the billboards.  And Cyrus Avery, a Tulsan, was the man behind the Route 66 concept, while he was part of a federal board appointed to create the Federal Highway System.

[TheArtist]

When are they going to reveal the "Comfortably Cosmopolitan" branding program for the city?  And shouldnt this have been in conjunction with that?

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by perspicuity85

quote:Originally posted by inteller

home to the largest bull sharks....uh, that would be JENKS.

24/7 entertainment? yeah, maybe if watching people get shot in north tulsa in the wee hours of the night count.

i am the birthplace of america's mother road...?  no that would be Chicago.

Jenks is part of the Tulsa metro area, which is the focus of the billboards.  And Cyrus Avery, a Tulsan, was the man behind the Route 66 concept, while he was part of a federal board appointed to create the Federal Highway System.

as being recently ranked as the 43rd best small city in the US, I think jenks may be getting tired of living in tulsa's shadow.  the billboards sure don't say "i am tulsa metro"

"i am --- stretching the truth"

[perspicuity85]

quote:Originally posted by inteller
as being recently ranked as the 43rd best small city in the US, I think jenks may be getting tired of living in tulsa's shadow.  the billboards sure don't say "i am tulsa metro"

"i am --- stretching the truth"

Perhaps, but I doubt seriously that more people outside of Oklahoma and the immediate region will ever know more about Jenks than Tulsa.  It's in the best interest of all suburbs for the  center of the metro area to have a quality "brand name."  There are some lovely suburbs of Detroit, but most people would never believe it because Detroit doesn't have a great image.  Without Tulsa, the suburbs are just small towns.  In Jenks' case, their public school district is mostly in South Tulsa.  That's not to say the suburbs shouldn't have a unique identity, but it serves both suburb and urban city alike if the two can market and advertise each other's amenities.  The metro area can throw its weight around in the marketplace a lot better than the individual cities.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by perspicuity85

quote:Originally posted by inteller
as being recently ranked as the 43rd best small city in the US, I think jenks may be getting tired of living in tulsa's shadow.  the billboards sure don't say "i am tulsa metro"

"i am --- stretching the truth"

Perhaps, but I doubt seriously that more people outside of Oklahoma and the immediate region will ever know more about Jenks than Tulsa.  It's in the best interest of all suburbs for the  center of the metro area to have a quality "brand name."  There are some lovely suburbs of Detroit, but most people would never believe it because Detroit doesn't have a great image.  Without Tulsa, the suburbs are just small towns.  In Jenks' case, their public school district is mostly in South Tulsa.  That's not to say the suburbs shouldn't have a unique identity, but it serves both suburb and urban city alike if the two can market and advertise each other's amenities.  The metro area can throw its weight around in the marketplace a lot better than the individual cities.

uh, money magazine just named jenks the 43rd best small city in america.  I think the rest of the world knows about jenks.

[TheArtist]

Oh yea 43rd. Can you rattle off the top of your head even half of the other 42 cities?

[tulsascoot]

When I saw the signs, I knew something about them was familiar, then it dawned on me where I had seen something like it before, and it was on the lawn of the Rijksmuseum. There are numerous signs throughout the city.



http://www.iamsterdam.nl/

[perspicuity85]

quote:Originally posted by inteller
uh, money magazine just named jenks the 43rd best small city in america.  I think the rest of the world knows about jenks.

One magazine article does not constitute awareness, especially consumer awareness.  But I'm glad to see Jenks made it on the list.  The point I was making before is that the suburbs and the urban center together are stronger when it comes to marketing.  Tulsa benefits from the aquarium, which is in Jenks.  Jenks benefits from the Tulsa International Airport, for example.