Community Partnerships Revitalize Crutchfield Neighborhood
In a recent news conference, Mayor Dewey Bartlett announced that
due to a community partnership, the Tulsa Development Authority has
sold 16 residential lots to Habitat for Humanity for construction
of new homes in the Crutchfield neighborhood. The Habitat homes
will be built and occupied by their owners within the next two
years, promoting stability in this neighborhood undergoing
revitalization.
"We have an opportunity to move Crutchfield forward," Mayor
Bartlett said. "Through our public-private partnerships, we will
turn the neighborhood around."
The development in the Crutchfield neighborhood was made
possible through the cooperative efforts of the following community
partners: the City of Tulsa Planning, Economic Development and Real
Estate Management, and Working In Neighborhoods departments, the
Crutchfield Neighborhood Association, the Indian Nations Council of
Governments (INCOG), the City of Tulsa Board of Adjustment, Tulsa
Development Authority and Tulsa Habitat for Humanity.
The City of Tulsa Planning Department has worked with the
Crutchfield neighborhood to develop its Master Plan for
revitalization. The Habitat for Humanity homes directly supports
the goals of this Master Plan to encourage new residential
construction on existing vacant lots.
The Working In Neighborhoods Department, through its
Neighborhood Enhancement Team initiative, has helped to remove
blighted structures and has sponsored cleanup efforts to spruce up
the Crutchfield neighborhood. The Economic Development and Real
Estate Management Department helped Tulsa Development Authority to
acquire the properties, issue a Request for Proposals and
facilitate the sale of the properties to Habitat for Humanity.
INCOG and the City of Tulsa Board of Adjustment have
accomplished lot combinations in Crutchfield, turning two 25-foot
lots into 50-foot lots and have issued variances for front-yard
setbacks to match those of existing Crutchfield homes.
Tulsa Development Authority purchased land in Crutchfield for
revitalization and redevelopment and has sold lots to Habitat for
Humanity, an organization known for improving neighborhood
stability and increasing property values through owner-occupied
homes. Tulsa Habitat for Humanity assists families in need of
affordable homes to participate in the construction of their homes
and to make affordable mortgage payments.
