TMAPC Board - Terms Expiring

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by booWorld

BTW, Joshua A. Walker is being appointed to replace Stephanie Cantees, who resigned.

oh great....ANOTHER ****ing developer.

I've known Josh for ages, I think he'll be a good choice.  I think it does make a certain amount of sense to have people on the board who actually know something about real estate.

yeah well we already have enough developers and real estate agents on the board.  the words 'conflict of interest' don't even do it justice.

and by in large I disagree with that statement.  This board is not about figuring out how to cram 40 houses on a 10 acre lot.  It is about making smart decisions about growth.  I think we can see from the various development debacles around town that having a bunch of development and real estate buddies on there isn't exactly a good thing.

[PonderInc]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by booWorld

BTW, Joshua A. Walker is being appointed to replace Stephanie Cantees, who resigned.

oh great....ANOTHER ****ing developer.

Didn't he develop "The Colonial" on Cherry St, previously The 15th Street Wok? They did a really nice job of fixing that up...and I remember reading positive comments about the development on this forum.

There are good developers and bad developers.  Tulsa's future rests on our ability to distinguish between the two.  If you want revitalization of our urban core--and smart growth in all areas of town--(which I do), we need the help of good developers.  Vilifying all developers is ridiculous.  

Developers are people with the skills and private money to transform our city.  (If I had the money and the tolerance for risk, I would be a developer.  I would buy surface parking lots downtown, and build cool, environmentally friendly, mixed-use developments in their place.)

I agree, that many developers are short-sighted, and want the whole world to look like 71st and Memorial.  But that doesn't mean all developers do.  Jamie Jameson built the Village at Central Park...he's passionate about downtown, historic preservation, smart growth, creating a walkable, transit-oriented Tulsa...oh, yeah...and he's a developer.  

I don't know what Mr. Walker's views are...but I'm not going to make assumptions based only on his job title.  I like what he did on Cherry St.  And I'd like to know more.  But I get really tired of people sh_tting a brick every time they hear the "D" word.

A developer may or may not build something great. Most of us will never build anything at all.