Check back on May 18 to review the final report.
Recent Posts
Community Hope Workshop
On November 15, we held a Community Hope Workshop to gather feedback and ideas for the future of downtown Muskogee. More than 100 Muskogee residents from all corners of the city showed up at the Martin Luther King Center to help us in this effort. At the center,...
The Architecture of Downtown Muskogee
Downtown Muskogee has a range of architectural styles and typologies dating back from before statehood to the present day.
Twenty Questions (and Answers) about the Community Hope Workshop
Citizens work together at a Community Visioning Workshop. What is a Community Hope Workshop? It is a gathering where citizens from all walks of life come to discuss their hopes and goals for the future of their community, in this case Downtown Muskogee. Why is it...
Steering Committee Minutes, Nov 2
Muskogee Downtown Plan Steering Committee Meeting November 2, 2016, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm Neighbors Building Neighborhoods Non-Profit Resource Center 207 North 2nd Street, Muskogee, OK 74401 Members Present Wren Stratton, Committee Chair – Depot District Ann Barker Ong –...
Small City Urban Renewal and Central Malls
Urban renewal policies of the mid-20th Century were not limited to major cities. Regional cities and small towns also implemented urban renewal programs. This post shows five cities of under 100,000 in population that built central shopping malls as part of Urban...
Central Muskogee Population
As in many cities, the central part of Muskogee has lost population over the last several decades. In the 1970 Census, four central neighborhoods accounted for 18,000 people- Nearly half of Muskogee's 1970 population of 37,000. However, by 2010, the Census showed a...
Anything Can Happen, If You Let It
Anything can happen, if you let it. That was the message from Mary Poppins at the premiere opening of the Muskogee Little Theater this weekend. The sellout crowds enjoyed wonderful performances from the local cast and crew in a beautiful, brand new theater anchoring downtown’s re-imagined Depo District.
A Downtown that Benefits the People
Downtown Muskogee Illustrated Plan Professor Lanny Endicott’s Social Work class from Oral Roberts University visited the Urban Design Studio this Saturday. They come every year about this time to learn about the social issues of urban planning. We took advantage of...
Project Timeline
Saturday, April 29, 2017 – 12:00 p.m. – Public Presentation at Civic Center
May 10, 2017 – Final Report To Be Posted Online for Public Review
Resources
Links to reports, analysis, and presentations produced by the team will be available here.
Arrowhead Mall Design Competition Brief
Employment and Residential Trends
Meetings and Minutes
Agendas and minutes for the project’s steering committee.
December 7, 2016
November 15, 2016
November 2, 2016
October 5, 2016
Committee Members
Bob Coburn
Marlon Coleman
Frank Cooper
Reggie Cotton
Joel Cousins
Gary Garvin
Wayne Johnson
Eric Miller
Mike Miller
Ann Ong
Oscar Ray
Wren Stratton
Johnny Teehee
DJ Thompson
Sue Vanderford
Project Team
