Parks Master Plan 'Listening' Session Set for Tonight!

Tulsans who would like to be part of the discussion about Tulsa Parks and the Master Plan now being written are invited to attend tonight's public forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Central Center at Centennial Park, 1028 East 6th Street.

The majority of the meeting will focus on feedback and input from attendees, gathered by Pat Treadway, facilitator and retired director of the City of Tulsa Planning department now working with Land Legacy. The discussion portion of the meeting will follow a brief update on the current Master Plan status and Master Plan highlights.

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AT&T Completes Testing on Much Anticipated Enhanced 9-11 System

Working with the City of Tulsa, AT&T Mobility, the largest provider of wireless services in the Tulsa metro area, completed Phase II wireless compliancy testing of the Enhanced 9-1-1 system. Tulsa's 9-1-1 Center now receives information necessary to assist in identifying the location of an AT&T Mobility cellular caller. The long-awaited technology allows emergency responders to more accurately pinpoint the location of a wireless caller that is using AT&T Mobility services.

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Winner of Sustainable Energy Essay Contest Announced

Mayor Kathy Taylor has announced that Adriana Rodriguez of Hamilton Middle School has won the Sustainable Energy Essay Contest, held by Tulsa Public Schools and the City of Tulsa during the month of September.

Taylor also announced second and third place winners, respectively, Ryan Bunch and Brienna Milleson, both of Thoreau Demonstration Academy.

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Flame Sculpture Added to Council Oak Park

The Creek Council Oak Tree has stood on a hill overlooking the Arkansas River from before anything was built to obscure the river view.

The landmark tree in the City of Tulsa Creek Council Oak Park, 1750 South Cheyenne Avenue, is older than either Tulsa or Oklahoma.

The Centennial Commemoration Commission has provided a $250,000 monument for the park to recognize Oklahoma's Native American heritage.

Not far from the historic tree is a new 18-foot bronze flame sculpture on a marble base.

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Tulsa's newest Aviation Hangar, now Open

Last week, Mayor Taylor and other area state and local leaders celebrated the opening of Tulsa's newest aviation maintenance hangar, now named the Carmine J. Romano Center. This is the first hangar constructed on the airport's North Development Area with American Airlines being the long-term tenant. Plans on using the facility will be for a variety of maintenance, repair, overhaul activities and aircraft modification work. Funding for the hangar came from $4.3 million in third penny City of Tulsa sales tax, $5.7 million from state opportunity grant funding and $1,568,000 from the sale of the Air Force Plant to the City of Tulsa. Already the largest employer in Tulsa with over 6,000 jobs, American Airlines is expecting 100 more jobs at the new hangar.

Volunteers Pitch In to Tidy Up Tulsa With Taylor

Thank you to the citizens of Tulsa and our Neighborhood Associations for joining the City of Tulsa, Tulsa Beautification Foundation and the Metropolitan Environmental Trust last Saturday at our clean-up event, in an effort to keep Tulsa beautiful. Make sure to follow the Metropolitan Environmental Trust as we continue to have Tidy Up Events throughout the year. Let's keep Tulsa clean together!