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MAPS 3 proposal includes $50 million for trails, sidewalks to improve walkability | OKG Scene.com (tags: okc oklahoma.city maps3 trails walkability)

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MAPS convention center plans discussed | NewsOK.com Renovation of the Cox Center was included in the MAPS plan approved by voters in 1993. The work was done in 1999. Though the building opened in 1971, the renovation is only 10 years old. Williams said the work done through MAPS made the building look better, but didn’t solve any of its size limitations. "The renovation was carpet and painting,” Williams said. "It didn’t expand it. It didn’t improve it as far as capacity. It didn’t impact the infrastructure.” Because the Cox Center is surr

State Fair Speedway Will Meets a MAPS 3 Demise?
My google news alert pointed me to this blurb at flattrack.com: The City of Oklahoma City has a proposal to demolish the State Fair Speedway to make way for a Grand Entrance and other buildings on the property. A group ha

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Specifics won't be listed on MAPS 3 ballot | The Journal Record That vagueness, as well as the effect of a down economy on projected tax revenues, concerns Councilman Brian Walters and others. The original resolution putting MAPS 3 in motion could be changed later, he said. “The citizens are voting on 1 cent for seven years and nine months, and not only do they not get to vote on the projects themselves, but there’s also an issue about the dollars it will raise,” said Walters, who is the lone council member to oppose the issue. Roy Williams, head of the Greater Oklahoma Cit

Postcard Tells Story
This is probably the coolest Oklahoma City postcard I have ever come across. Isn’t it incredible to consider the number of buildings, the amount of density, and potential RETAIL, that could be developed on the Cox Convention Center block? It was there before, and with a new MAPS 3 convention center coming there is no reason (at least, no good reason) we shouldn’