Comparing Tulsa to other cities

[perspicuity85]

quote:Originally posted by Chicken Little
Sounds like a call to action to me.  There's a lot more to show, but I really can't find it in any one place.  We should spend some time beefing up Tulsa's Wikipedia pages, or that travel wiki, or even our own links section.  How about a Google Earth community effort?  Yes?  No?  Any ideas?

I am working on developing a marketing guide for the city of Tulsa.  I posted a topic about it about a month ago that showed a crude outline of the guide.  Currently I am consulting with a highly respected marketing professor at a large regional public university.  I can't give too many details because it's still in the early development phase, however, I will try to give updates when applicable.  We would definitely welcome any support from the TulsaNow organization.

[perspicuity85]

quote:Originally posted by PRH

The assets we promote don't do any good when we don't have the type of industry newcomers are trained to work in.

Don't you guys get it?  There has to be an economic reason to come here.  People who don't have to work for a living aren't going to move here because of the ambience.

You've got to have modern technology jobs to draw people here.  Tulsa has no modern technology to draw new people here...just oil refineries and Victory Jesus Camp.

People don't primarily move to Tulsa to work for Whirlpool, or flip burgers at Wendy's.

I understand your frustration PRH, but your argument is based mostly on stereotypes instead of facts.  There are several modern technology companies in Tulsa that employ highly educated workers.  You probably haven't heard of some of them because they are much smaller than the traditional Tulsa industry leaders.  Everything from banking to logistics to electrical engineering is represented in Tulsa.  Here's a few companies from the top of my head that hire  primarily college-educated individuals:
BOk Financial, Benham Cos., Winnercomm, WilTel, Gemstar-TV Guide, SemGroup, Dollar Thrifty, Vanguard, Flight Safety Int'l., Lowrance Electronics, Hilti, Wallace Engineering, IBM, QuikTrip corporate, Nordam, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, State Farm, and the Williams Cos. (yes they're still around).

So although there is certainly room for improvement, we aren't just a hicktown.

[TheArtist]

Here is a great example of what we need more of in our town.  

http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A15686

[perspicuity85]

Here's another city comparable to Tulsa.
Omaha, NE.  Metro population: 813,170 (2005 US Census est.)  Tulsa metro: 887,715.

http://omahanightlife.com/
http://www.downtownomaha.org/around.htm
http://www.urbanomaha.com/
http://www.qwestcenter.com/

[perspicuity85]

It's also important to take a look at the per capita income comparison of US metro cities. This government website shows the per capita incomes of US metro areas.  Notice Tulsa ranks 87th out of 368 in percent change in personal income.

[TheArtist]

This is kind of neat.

http://www.omahachamber.org/OmahaCloseUp/upclose.html

Some commercials http://www.visitomaha.com/vandr/commercials.aspx

Concerts and events at their arena.

http://www.qwestcenteromaha.com/default.asp?lnopt=9&sn1opt=1&sn2opt=1&sn3opt=1&bldgopt=1&month=2&year=2007&newsID=0