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| Topic | Masterplann Starts with Surveying our Asset Base |
| Content | Downtown Tulsa Masterplann Starts with Surveying our Asset Base:
In order to take advantage of the opportunities in Downtown Tulsa we might do best to understand our goals, inventory our environmental assets (using the word loosely) and try to affect these with the addition of appropriate incentives to support their continuity.
• Develop an assessment review using the Urban Land Institute criteria for understanding the City’s capabilities; Both ULI and the American Institute of Architects have produced a check list including assessment of the city’s assets, listings of the institutions which support development, and Philanthropic Foundations.
• Consider applying to the AIA as a candidate for their R.U.D.A.T. (Rural/Urban Design Architectural Team) or the ULI as a candidate for their Urban Design Workshop program. If our City assessment of supporting assets warrants it, either program will provide Professionals in the planning and architectural areas to hold a design Workshop in Tulsa, resulting in a Master plan, a collection of attainable goals, an action plan and a follow-up assessment.
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Taking advantage of the resulting Master Program/Plan, Tulsa should consider what kinds of economic incentives, enacted over time, that we are able and willing to provide to encourage specific development; Goal driven incentives.
C. Long Range Background Thoughts:: The population of our GMSA does not constitute the numbers to warrant the growth, job opportunity and other amenities of the larger metropolises which are attracting talent and work force. We need to think regionally to attain the pure density and demand that can support these amenities. We need to think regionally to obtain the Federal support that could be brought to Oklahoma in benefit of our two major and several academic based Cities in N.E. OK.
Rachel W. Zebrowski, AIA
(918) 625-1495
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