Every available survey of public preferences since the late ’80’s, shows that new jobs, better jobs and employment security is a top priority for Tulsans- and it is an unalloyed part of the dream of many who live in underemployed Tulsa North
DetailsI also have huge reservations about the outsized funding marked for dam projects: where exactly are the economic or social returns spawned by these investments? Why not look at a “re wilding” initiative on the river corridor – one that optimizes the Gathering Place project and Tulsa’s peerless trail system and the natural assets that make this huge segment singular.
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As T-Town’s annual cycling extravaganza, the Saint Francis/Tulsa Tough race gets underway it is an ideal time to reflect on how we can capitalize on this excitement and growth of the sport. With over 2,000 race participants in each of the last two years, and an estimated 60,000 spectators last year the immediate economic impact spawned by this intensely colorful and hyperkinetic contest is profound and may soon approach $2 million.
DetailsPerhaps it is time to speculate about what the planet might be like in 25 or 30 years and what the “grand” map might look like. Advancing climate change, water deficits and systemic food production problems will almost surely be with us. But how will the world be organized and how many countries will there be? With autonomy referendums brewing in places like Barcelona, the continuation of long roiling separatist efforts in Quebec and the not yet dead Scottish independence movement, one can’t help but … read more
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