Downtown development recap

[zstyles]

Have you been to the greenwood? The staff there is all but dysfunctional, they nickel and dime you if your renting the place, the conference area (big open room) is awkward, if they just tore half of it down and left the educational part they would have a ton of space for basketball courts and whatever they wanted. The whole place was built weird and is already out of date.

[Teatownclown]

Have you been to the greenwood? The staff there is all but dysfunctional, they nickel and dime you if your renting the place, the conference area (big open room) is awkward, if they just tore half of it down and left the educational part they would have a ton of space for basketball courts and whatever they wanted. The whole place was built weird and is already out of date.

Redirect it's use.

What's the area need (other than a movie theater)? Does it lend itself to a higher education purpose?

My recommendation would be The Tate Teaching Tolerance Center .... you could carve out a portion for the Klan Museum.

[Townsend]

Greenwood Cultural Center gets $10,000 donation

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Greenwood-Cultural-Center-gets-10-000-donation/puoN9il9K0SkJwJCNR1WPQ.cspx?rss=2448&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The Business and Industrial Development Corporation is donating $10,000 to the Greenwood Cultural Center.

BIDC is challenging the community to raise $300,000. Officials say if 30 other organizations or businesses commit to a $10,000 donation between now and June 30 it would make up the state funding the center lost in 2010.

"This commitment from BIDC is a welcomed show of support and we are encouraged by their commitment to our organization and support of our mission," says GCC executive director Frances Jordan-Rakestraw.

"The Greenwood Cultural Center is very necessary for our community and we can't let it go without a fight. We sincerely hope that this donation will help motivate others to do the same." said Wilbert Collins, BIDC Board President.

[Townsend]

Apparently Airgas is moving some business downtown.

Anyone have info on this?  TW is closed to me this month...

World Staff Writer Industrial gas distributor Airgas, Inc., plans to open a new office in downtown Tulsa in March and add as many as 130 ...

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"When considering locations for a new (business support center), Tulsa was a logical and attractive choice," said Terry Lodge, the company's central division presidentin a statement. "We have a long and successful history as an employer in this area."

Maybe if I wait long enough the whole story will be told bit by bit on FB.

[Hoss]

Apparently Airgas is moving some business downtown.

Anyone have info on this?  TW is closed to me this month...

I'll ask my sister-in-law; she works for the Airgas office down on Admiral just east of Peoria.

[Conan71]

I'll ask my sister-in-law; she works for the Airgas office down on Admiral just east of Peoria.

Did she work there when they tried to turn it into a crater?

[Hoss]

Did she work there when they tried to turn it into a crater?

Yep, she sure did.

[rdj]

I'll ask my sister-in-law; she works for the Airgas office down on Admiral just east of Peoria.

I was going to say, they are nearly downtown as it is.

According to the Tulsa World they are taking 58,000 sq ft in the Hillcrest Building at 7th & Boulder.  It will be the central divisions accounting and administration center.

[Conan71]

I was going to say, they are nearly downtown as it is.

According to the Tulsa World they are taking 58,000 sq ft in the Hillcrest Building at 7th & Boulder.  It will be the central divisions accounting and administration center.

That should be some good payroll with jobs like that.

[Hoss]

That should be some good payroll with jobs like that.

They've evidently been working on this move for over 5 months, and some of the employees are already over there, according to my brother (the husband of the sister-in-law).  She's not yet, but will be part of the move.  Parking will be free via an attached facility.  He wasn't sure if it was beneath it or beside it.

[rdj]

The Hillcrest building has an attached parking garage just to the south.  There is also a lot just north across 7th street.

[Townsend]

Post on Downtown Tulsa FB:

[Hoss]

Post on Downtown Tulsa FB:

I'll be down at nearly that exact spot Sunday afternoon around 3:30 (hockey); I'll try and get some photos (as well as my phone will take, which isn't bad in decent light).  I do know I'm down there enough to know they are making decent progress.  Concrete forms on the north side of the development were up about two weeks ago.

[SXSW]

I'll be down at nearly that exact spot Sunday afternoon around 3:30 (hockey); I'll try and get some photos (as well as my phone will take, which isn't bad in decent light).  I do know I'm down there enough to know they are making decent progress.  Concrete forms on the north side of the development were up about two weeks ago.

The parking garage at 2nd & Cheyenne/Boulder is a great place to watch this project rise.  They might not have the prettiest building downtown but Cimarex will have some of the best views in all directions.  The view to the west down the river valley as the sun sets is pretty nice.

[Hoss]

The parking garage at 2nd & Cheyenne/Boulder is a great place to watch this project rise.  They might not have the prettiest building downtown but Cimarex will have some of the best views in all directions.  The view to the west down the river valley as the sun sets is pretty nice.

When the BOK Center was going up I did half of my photography of the arena from that parking garage.  I also park there for the games now.  It is a great vantage point.