The economic arm of the Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce intends to use the building as an entrepreneurial hub.
Tag: Tulsa City Council
Posted inNorth Tulsa
Tulsa councilor Vanessa Hall-Harper to recuse herself from Rudisill library sale
Hall-Harper is the registered agent for the economic arm of the Black Wall Street Chamber, which wants to purchase the former library for $1.4 million.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa’s tourism leaders put their support behind hotel tax hike on August ballot
Business leaders say Tulsa is leaving revenue on the table by not raising its lodging tax rate in the past 40 years. A hike could be on the ballot this summer.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa will pause new data center construction for 9 months after council vote
The proposal was reduced from a year to nine months. Planning commissioners are still set to consider Project Anthem in east Tulsa April 1.
Posted inBusiness
Tulsa tenants left in limbo when landlords fail to pay hundreds of thousands in water bills
Vesta Capital isn’t the only multi-family property owner in Tulsa leaving water bills unpaid. Housing advocates blame a system that doesn’t offer recourse for renters.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa has a citywide sidewalk shortage. Residents say it’s time for that to change.
Tulsa has long tried to solve its sidewalk shortcomings. But the flurry of policy changes hasn’t led to a long-term solution.
Posted inBusiness
Tulsa City Council could spend $2.5M on incentives to attract Oklahoma’s first IKEA
Construction on the state’s first IKEA is set to begin in April, with the Tulsa Hills store expected to open in November before the holiday season.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa mayor’s sales tax proposal is all but dead, with an unclear timeline of return
Councilors pushed against Mayor Monroe Nichols’ proposed sales tax hike last year. Now they’re shifting attention to a hotel/motel tax increase, amid other revenue options.
Posted inGovernment
80 new units coming to downtown Tulsa, with $2.8M in city support
The new complex at the corner of 3rd Street and Denver Avenue will have at least 13 affordable units as part of a broader effort to revitalize downtown housing.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa mayor made six key promises. He told 1K leaders the city needs more money to fulfill them.
Monroe Nichols highlighted progress — and work to be done — on everything from homelessness and economic opportunity to public safety and tribal relations.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa could extend downtown curfew. Businesses say they want additional solutions to crime.
City councilors say the youth curfew has been effective. Some in downtown want policies that go beyond keeping teens at home.
Posted inGovernment
Will restricting use of Tulsa medians improve safety? City council debates proposal
City councilors agreed on safety issues, but some worry citations would target panhandlers and vulnerable people.