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Thanks for keeping up with all the latest ACOG news.All encompassing open houses set for next week
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) is hosting three open houses to encourage public comments on the final recommendations of Encompass 2035, the region’s long-range transportation plan. Transportation planners will be available to answer questions...
Making Sense of the Census in Central Oklahoma
The U.S. Census bureau released the first set of 2010 Census data on Tuesday. The Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes Oklahoma, Cleveland, Canadian, Logan, Grady, Lincoln and McClain counties, saw a growth rate of 14.4 percent in the past...
Mary’s “favorite things,” ergo, retirement!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QmOfikOTsU]Mary Henderson, who worked in our finance office for over 20 years retired on Friday. Mary was like our office mother, and constantly had to remind us to fill out our timesheets, fill out forms and brush our teeth....
All the Hubbub on the Hub Study
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) is hosting a public meeting on the Intermodal Transportation Hub Study for Central Oklahoma, to encourage comments and feedback on the initial findings and evaluation of potential hub sites. When: January 20, from...
REAP the wild wind
Eleven years after an F5 tornado nearly wiped out their sister town of Mulhall, the townspeople of Orlando welcomed a new addition to their rural Oklahoma hamlet: an emergency communications system. The $15,665 project was made possible through a Rural Economic Action...
Get ready to call Mr. Plow: Winter is coming!
Remember Christmas Eve 2009? City and county leaders from across the greater metropolitan area have updated a regional map that highlights the best route choices for motorists when inclement winter weather strikes. The map showcases the roadways that individual...
Congrats to our Mayors!
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett was named “Public Official of the Year” by Governing Magazine, a national publication designed for state and local governments. In its 17th year, the annual awards program recognizes leaders from state, city and county government for...
Read into this
We had a great time at Schmoozapalooza on Tuesday. The event is a business networking opportunity sponsored by the Greater OKC Chamber. We promoted our clean air ENERGY STAR “Change the World” pledge and awarded a Kindle through a drawing. We had over 100 pledges. Our...
Painting with Local Momentum
There were headaches, but it was all worth it in the end. The headaches were two-fold: One caused by the stress of change, the second from the lingering fumes. After 10 years at 21 E. Main Street in Bricktown, we finally got around to repainting the office. We also...
Made in the U.S.A.
Here's a nice video (link below) from MSNBC.com about the only modern streetcar manufacturer based in the United States. The company is trying to fill a niche as more urban areas are developing streetcar systems. Oklahoma City will be building a streetcar plan as part...
From coffee talk to real conversation
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ryAoebKJ0]As the Central Oklahoma region grows in population, so too, does our interest in a more comprehensive public transit system. In our Encompass 2035 survey, conducted in 2009, enhancing transit was a consistent theme...
Cakewalk like an Egyptian
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp394o1vXfI]We wrapped up our United Way Pacesetter week last week (August 16-20). The week kicked off with the launch of our cruise ship, the S.S. ACOG. We were joined by Heather Elmenhorst, our campaign representative from the...
Tearing it up for United Way
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2mDTugikTY]This week is United Way week at ACOG. We have served the United Way of Central Oklahoma over the past 15 years as a Pacesetter organization. Pacesetters set the “pace” for the fall campaign, which starts after Labor...
Working hard to sustain
It’s been so hot lately, and we’ve been so busy, that we haven’t had the time to properly thank everyone for participating in our Sustainable Communities workshop a few weeks ago (July 17). So, a belated salute! We had over 100 stakeholders at the workshop, which was...
Rumblin, bumblin, mowin
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XREo9TwEEpI]Almost 100 degrees outside on a summer Saturday morning, and Rumble the Bison was maniacally mowing the lawn, as if in full game mode at the Ford Center. We were gathered in Edmond in the front lawn of David Smith,...
Falling for San Diego
I am back from a week of sun with a little (or a lot) of GIS thrown in, otherwise known as the 2010 ESRI (now pronounced ez-ri) International User Conference. 15,000 of my closest GIS friends and I arrived in San Diego for a week themed “Geography: Opening the World...
The squair up there. At the mall.
If you should happen to be at Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City this summer, be sure to mosey on to the food court and check out our awesome “floating square.” This is our latest creative venture in advertising as part of our seasonal air quality public education...
Go fly a kite…on us!
Over the 4th of July weekend, we had planned on canvassing the mean streets of Bricktown, handing out kites as part of our www.GetSquare.org street team. The rain dampened our plans, but yesterday we went out and conducted a test flight for our kites. There is...