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...
From coffee talk to real conversation
[youtube=https://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...
Cakewalk like an Egyptian
[youtube=https://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...
Tearing it up for United Way
[youtube=https://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...
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...
Rumblin, bumblin, mowin
[youtube=https://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...
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...
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...
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...
MPO seeks partners, must be sustainable
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) is seeking regional partners for the new HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant program. The program, announced last week by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, is designed to...
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