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Water, and the lack thereof, led the Oklahoma City Council to consider altering fines levied for people who take more than their share in the midst of a drought and to install cutoff valves on all newly installed irrigation systems. Read more

The third community meeting to discuss the MAPS 3 downtown park will be at 6 p.m. Jan. 24, where the public can view a preliminary master plan for the $130 million, 70-acre park. Read more

Claims Management Resources plans to acquire another credit company to bring three entities under its umbrella that will include 150 employees for the Oklahoma City-based company. Read more

Canadian comedian James Cunningham brought his brand of whimsical humor to the 2012 Greater Oklahoma City Chamber meeting Dec. 13 by having the outgoing chairman and the incoming chairman perform a parody of the British television show Benny Hill. Read more

Paying for performance is nothing new in the public relations industry, but some agencies are taking it a step further. Read more

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A Holiday Inn Express proposed for Bricktown about four years ago – and then scrapped – is back on with a different ownership group. J.C. Witcher, architect with ADG, declined to name the new developer, but presented initial plans for informational purposes Nov. 14 to the Bricktown Urban Design Committee, which must approve design of all projects in the entertainment district. Read more

The Hal Smith Restaurant Group and Oklahoma City Thunder player Kevin Durant plan to open a restaurant in Lower Bricktown next year. The restaurant, KD’s, will feature southern cuisine, and each item must be to Durant’s liking to make it on the menu. Read more

Oklahoma City Manager Jim Couch reported the general fund sales tax collections in the city were up 6 percent in October over the same month last year. Read more

More than 1,600 people filled out a survey on paper, or completed it online after a public meeting last month that. It was the first of three meetings before a master plan is presented next spring. The survey sought public input on the design of the planned MAPS 3 park downtown. Read more

Good news for anyone who has been dying to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or catch a Cleveland Cavaliers game, but has held off because there was no direct flight from Oklahoma City: On Sept. 20, United Airlines announced plans to begin daily, nonstop service to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport beginning Feb. 14, 2013. Read more

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To relieve the stress of cooking a Thanksgiving meal, and to allow for more quality time to play nice with those you love (and with those in your family you wish would spend the holiday elsewhere), several local companies provide everything from à la carte sides to a fully cooked turkey with all the fixings. Read more

Jennifer Gooden had been director of the city of Oklahoma City’s Office of Sustainability for almost a year when she got a phone call from a representative of Urban Neighbors. She quickly found out they were an organization after her own heart. Read more