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This newsletter is a new, interactive tool to bring you news from the City of Tulsa- and hopefully hear back from you as well. There are great things happening everyday- and we want to share some of those things with this newsletter and our city website!
We have a very strong and vibrant city. We are growing jobs and we are seeing many new educational opportunities for our children. Tulsa is seeing a new kind of energy emerge and it is largely due to the many people who have stepped forward to make a difference in this community. People from the business community and the faith community are working with the city to address many issues—and we are making progress!
Kathy Taylor
Mayor
Tulsa E-News November 26, 2007
Complete Our Streets
The Complete Our Streets panel established by Mayor Kathy Taylor and Councilor Bill Martinson has met for the past couple of months to study how to improve Tulsa's streets. Led by civic leaders Sharon King Davis and Dewey Bartlett Jr., the panel has formed three committees to focus on specific topics: contracting, smart urban design and financing. This review process has included an October 29 Complete Our Streets Town Hall meeting attended by 150 Tulsa residents, 28 of whom addressed the panel with their comments and concerns.
The Complete Our Streets panel will present recommendations to the Mayor and City Council by December 4.
"It is time we took a comprehensive approach that will get our streets to a safe and optimal level - and most importantly, include the funding to maintain that level," said Mayor Kathy Taylor.
"We must implement a program that will ensure adequate funding, and provide a long-term commitment for this vital component of our infrastructure image and quality of life," said City Councilor Bill Martinson.
Beautification Program
Wins Award
Mayor Kathy Taylor’s High School Beautification Program has been awarded the Youth Group Award, given by Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Inc. (KOB) for best Oklahoma project by a youth group that was completed with minimal adult participation.
The award will be presented on Monday, November 19, 2007 during The Keep Oklahoma Beautiful 17th Annual Environmental Awards program. The awards recognize the good works of Oklahomans for their exceptional efforts in the areas of environmental improvement, beautification & landscaping and environmental education & promotion - completed during the 12-month period ending July 31, 2007.
Brain Storms: New Works by Young Writers
The Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust is proud to present an evening of one-act plays written by the winners of the Tulsa City-County Library’s 2007 Young People’s Creative Writing Contest, On-Act Play category.
Six local young playwrights, ages 10-18, will see their plays produced in the Charles E. Norman Theatre of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 2nd & Cincinnati, on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.
The evening of one-act plays is cast and directed by Michael Wright, director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Creative Writing at the University of Tulsa. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased by calling 596.7111 (if inside Tulsa) or 1-800-364-711 toll free, or online at www.MyTicketOffice.com or www.TulsaPacTrust.org
What Do You Do
With
All Those Leaves?
Wondering what to do with all those leaves that have fallen from your yard? Don’t worry about bagging them. These leaves are a great source of fertilizer for your flower beds and gardens.
The leaves of one large shade tree can be worth as much as $50 of plant food and humus! Pound for pound, the leaves of most trees contain twice as many minerals as manure – minerals like calcium, magnesium, nitrogen and phosphorus, plus other trace elements. (Source: http://www.compostguide.com.)
Celine Dion to Perform at
Celine Dion will bring her 2008-09 North American Tour to Tulsa for a dazzling performance at BOK Center on November 13, 2008.
Tickets can be purchased at Tulsa Convention Center Box Office (until the BOK Center opens in September of 2008), www.bokcenter.com, all Tickets.com outlets, or charged by phone at 1-877-TULSA-CC. Ticket prices for Celine Dion range from $49.50 to $167.
Tulsa is the only Oklahoma city on the 45-date North American leg of the tour, which kicks off in Boston on August 12, 2008 will feature Celine’s biggest hits, along with songs from her newEnglish album Taking Chances.Throughout her career Celine has been honored with more than 1000 awards, including Grammys, Oscars, Golden Globes, World Music, Juno and Felix Awards. She is the biggest-selling female artist of all time.
Energy Plan Update
The City of Tulsa has been busy in 2007, trying to improve energy effiiciency and reduce fuel consumption.
Assessments of the City’s vehicle fleet, conversion of some vehicles to more eco-friendly fuels, implementation of energy policies and studying more ways to improve energy efficiency in the future have all been a part of this year’s work.