The Flyer looks across Tulsa to see which neighborhoods are most walkable — and where the city has the biggest need for new or improved sidewalks.
Category: News
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2 Tulsa community advocates featured in Obama Presidential Center exhibit
Ashley Philippsen, formerly of ImpactTulsa, and Jen Loren, senior director of Cherokee Film, are featured in the Obama Center’s Imagine Your Impact interactive art exhibit.
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Safe Move Tulsa rehouses more than 360 people, 213 in past two months
Rapid exit strategies are targeted, short-term interventions designed to help people who’re on the brink of experiencing chronic homelessness. The city expects to have 1,300 people exit homelessness by the end of the year.
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Which part of Tulsa has the most access to parks? See where your neighborhood ranks.
Depending where you live, access to parks varies across Tulsa.
Posted inSchools & Families
3 agencies are expanding adult education options in Tulsa area as Union closes its center
YWCA Tulsa, Family & Children’s Services and Central Tech plan to take up the mantle of supporting adult English learners and Tulsans pursuing their high school diploma.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa mayor defends public safety role shift, pushes back on council criticism
Monroe Nichols acknowledged a rift between him and council that led to several members airing criticism of how the mayor handled a public safety commissioner job.
Posted inNorth Tulsa
Ahead of Tulsa’s Juneteenth Festival, pastors and organizers pray for peace, safety and unity
Lauren Corbitt-Evans, executive director of Tulsa Juneteenth, said the prayers ahead of the event lifted some of the stress she’d been feeling about this year’s festival.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa ‘connecting past to present’ through free genetic genealogy workshops this weekend
The genealogy workshops are a partnership between the city, Greenwood Cultural Center and Intermountain Forensics. Registration is required to attend sessions.
Posted inGovernment
GOP leans into legislative experience in choices for Oklahoma attorney general and labor commissioner
Republican representatives Kevin West and John Pfeiffer are headed to a labor commissioner runoff while Rep. Jon Echols won the nod for attorney general.
Posted inGovernment
State superintendent race: An upset from Marshall and a runoff between Franklin and Taylor
Jennettie Marshall won the Democratic nomination in an upset while Robert Franklin and James Taylor will meet again in the August runoff. Both races bore surprises by night’s end.
Posted inGovernment
GOP lands upset in Oklahoma treasurer primary, avoids runoff in lieutenant governor race
State Auditor Cindy Byrd secured a win over the incumbent for state treasurer while T.W. Shannon emerged as the victor in a six-way race for lieutenant governor.
Posted inGovernment
Republican runoff for Oklahoma insurance commissioner to feature long-time industry professionals from Tulsa area
Bob Sullivan and Marty Quinn led the pack in the Republican primary. Candidates framed their differences as a rejection of status quo or experience in government oversight.