Grow Up Tulsa (Blake Ewing)

[sgrizzle]

What sort of development has been proposed on Elm Creek?

He was talking about the suggestion to take those areas where it is running in concrete pipe and change it back to an open creek. It would be integrated with parks and paths to create a scenic waterway through midtown/downtown down to riverparks.

[OpenYourEyesTulsa]

Good work Blake.  By the way, I like the radio commercials.

I agree that we need another Vision 2025 soon and that it should be in the city rather than county.  The reason the river tax failed was that the suburbs not near the river didn't think it helped them and some of them only care about what is within a mile of their house.  It would have easily passed with just Tulsa voters.  The only way to get the county on board is to give each suburb lots of perks like the original Vision 2025 had.

Hopefully the zoning and blockades will be changed soon and the city can make some real progress.

[Conan71]

The big thing I took away was Tulsa needs to set a goal and work towards getting there.  Quality of life, income/jobs, devlopmen... show me a vision and inspire me to work towards it!  Tulsa needs vision and ambition. 

I agree.  We simply need to find leadership which has a common vision and doesn't think they all need to have competing interests.

[Teatownclown]

"Quote from: cannon_fodder on April 04, 2011, 08:29:20 pm
The big thing I took away was Tulsa needs to set a goal and work towards getting there.  Quality of life, income/jobs, devlopmen... show me a vision and inspire me to work towards it!  Tulsa needs vision and ambition.  "


Damn. You mean that vision thing didn't stick the first time around? It's going to take more than leadership. If you are going to compare us constantly to OKC(hitty) then you need another major interstate and an additional 300,000 peeps. It wouldn't hurt to have higher PUBLIC education and a better quality of life(as in clean air, clean water and more tolerant population).

Enough of this and that development. It's what lies below the surface that means the most to a city.

[Gaspar]

Enough of this and that development. It's what lies below the surface that means the most to a city.

Yes, it is the Oil!

[dbacks fan]

Yes, it is the Oil!

Yes, you are so right! Everything is about the oil!   

[Teatownclown]

Absolutely!   Nat gas too! Just don't frack with me!

[cannon_fodder]

The quote said nothing about okc.  Your post said nothing constructuve.  I do not believe Tulsa is for some reason incapable of betteriing itself.

[Gaspar]

The quote said nothing about okc.  Your post said nothing constructuve.  I do not believe Tulsa is for some reason incapable of betteriing itself.

The relevance of his posts are inversely proportional to the heat of his pipe.

[Cats Cats Cats]

It wouldn't hurt to have higher PUBLIC education and a better quality of life(as in clean air, clean water and more tolerant population).

Speaking of higher Public education. Isn't OSU Tulsa expanding sometime?  Anybody know of a timeframe?

[brunoflipper]

great post blake...

Just got back from a 5 day weekend in west Seattle and Portland. 
Spent the whole tim wondering why we can't be more like Portland


Flew back with a voodoo dozen on my lap.   Got em on my way to airport.  Was almost mugged for em.  My kids think I'm a superhero...

[Conan71]

great post blake...

Just got back from a 5 day weekend in west Seattle and Portland. 
Spent the whole tim wondering why we can't be more like Portland


Flew back with a voodoo dozen on my lap.   Got em on my way to airport.  Was almost mugged for em.  My kids think I'm a superhero...

I'm not sure if you can put on a show like Portland without all the looney liberals.

[carltonplace]

Or bike nuts....oh sorry C.

[Conan71]

Or bike nuts....oh sorry C.

LOL...too bad Tay didn't stay out there

[heironymouspasparagus]

Still can't understand why we feel so compelled to compare ourselves to Oklahoma City so much.  I have spent way too much time there and it just ain't all that much.  Tulsa has so many things more going for it (even BEFORE the Crashship!), and we just can't seem to appreciate what we have.  And in many ways seem to be in a headlong rush to kind of crap it up.


On a unrelated side note; was driving around way south the other day and went by an addition (gated of course) called Wind River Addition.  Big places.  Then went by Holland Hall and saw the nice neighborhood north across the street.  Couldn't help think that I would be having to sell across from HH and move to Wind River!