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News Release: March 11, 2025
Peoria-Mohawk Business Park, a partnership between the City of Tulsa, PartnerTulsa and George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF), received national recognition this week at the Site Selectors Guild (the Guild) Annual Conference in San Antonio for its commitment to sustained economic growth in North Tulsa.
Mayor G.T. Bynum shared the 2020 Office of the Mayor Annual Report, which consists of a variety of programs, projects and events his team at the City of Tulsa worked on the past year, all during a global pandemic.
It’s been one year since Water Distribution implemented its Valve Program, and the City is now in the process of obtaining data on all of the valves in the city – data that tells us what assets are in excellent, good, fair and poor condition so crews can make the most informed decisions regarding the management of Tulsa’s water assets.
Mayor G.T. Bynum, Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin and other City leaders held a round table discussion with members of the Tulsa community regarding four key areas of discussion. Following a #WeCantBreathe press conference outside City Hall Monday morning, Mayor Bynum invited all organizers into the Tulsa Council Chambers to engage in an open, proactive and engaging dialogue about race, equity and policing in Tulsa.
This month marks five years since the City opened Tulsa Sobering Center – a jail diversion program designed to offer an alternative for adult men and women detained for public intoxication. Since it opened, Tulsa Sobering Center has served more than 4,000 people and connected 600 with life-saving services.
October is designated as National Community Planning Month by the American Planning Association (APA) as a way to highlight the role of planners and planning in each community. The month-long celebration is an opportunity to recognize how planning shapes a community and the work of planners and the planning profession in creating communities of lasting value.
Mayor G.T. Bynum announced Amy Brown will serve as Tulsa’s Deputy Mayor beginning Jan. 14, 2019. “Amy Brown has one of the best minds I’ve encountered in public service at any level. I’ve worked with her for years, both on the City Council and now in the Mayor’s Office. Over the last two years, she has taken on some of our most challenging projects - from improving the city government as a workplace to establishing the Tulsa Jail. She has proven herself as an adept manager and leader and will make a great Deputy Mayor. I am thankful she has agreed to move into this role,” Mayor G.T. Bynum said.
In partnership with the City of Tulsa, Tulsa Area United Way and the Tulsa Regional Chamber, Leadership Tulsa designed a program called New Voices to increase the diversity in board leadership positions across Tulsa.
Residents can take an online survey and attend open house events to help shape the future of their community.
Mayor G.T. Bynum and MacArthur Fellow Rick Lowe officially kicked off the Call for Artists to submit their proposals for public artworks celebrating and commemorating a vibrant community in the Historic Greenwood District known as Black Wall Street. Lowe, a nationally renowned artist and founder of Project Row Houses, is working with Oklahoma artists to tell the story of Greenwood through eight temporary art installations.
Today, Mayor G.T. Bynum, Tulsa Health Department (THD) Executive Director Dr. Dart, Tulsa County Commissioner Stan Sallee and Dr. Dr. Damon Baker, Chief Medical Officer for OSU Medical Center gave an update on COVID-19 in the Tulsa area. During the news conference, Mayor Bynum shared that hospitalization levels continue to see a downward trend. In the Tulsa area, a month ago, on August 16, the Tulsa area reached the peak of this current surge with 27.9 percent of all hospital patients diagnosed with COVID-19. As of today, that level is down to 16.6 percent. Mayor Bynum said this percentage is still too high, but thanked individuals for doing their part to help protect our community.
John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, 321 N. Detroit Ave., has been designated as an African American Civil Rights Network site, formally recognizing the historical and national significance of the tragic Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and Dr. John Hope Franklin’s work to advance the African American civil rights movement.
Press Release: October 1, 2024
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