The Tulsa Public Facilities Authority in August approved the sale of nearly nine acres of land on the southwest corner of 71st Street and Riverside Drive for construction of the REI development.
Starting Tuesday, a group of Tulsa city officials left town to head to Dallas on a tour that, in part, will focus on what could be built at 71st Street and Riverside Drive, a parcel of land that for years has been identified as park land.
We’re talking, of course, of REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.)
This week’s question is submitted by outgoing University of Tulsa President Steadman Upham. “The University of Tulsa is currently enrolling the Class of 2020. What are your plans to make Tulsa an even better place for young people to put down roots after they graduate from college?”
Today’s question was submitted by Laverne Stone, 75.
Question: What will you do to improve Tulsa’s relationship with its surrounding communities and ensure that everyone is working together for the betterment of the entire area?
“As a city councilor, G.T. has been steadfast in his support for the Tulsa Fire Department,” Former Firefighters Local 176 union President Sandy McGhee said.
The city has struggled for years to come up with money to maintain its park system. The 71st Street and Riverside Drive development would help address the city’s funding woes by bringing $1 million a year sales tax revenue, city officials argue.
Tulsa’s mayor’s race could be decided as early as June 28, when voters go to the polls for the nonpartisan primary. Should one candidate get more than 50 percent, that candidate becomes the city’s next mayor.
Beginning today — and for each of the next nine Sundays — incumbent Mayor Dewey Bartlett and his main challenger, City Councilor G.T. Bynum, will answer one question a week submitted by Tulsans.