Topic: Russell Claus
Day in the Life - 06.20.2011
Russell Claus
Planning Director, City of Oklahoma City, May 3, 2011
6:30 a.m.: My alarm goes off first to avoid heart attack from wife Lisa’s tornado-siren version, which she sleeps through. Read more
Construction - 10.26.2011
Home to stay
Homeless Alliance helps the less fortunate with a new resource center and day shelter
Just a few months ago, Dan Straughan’s office with the Homeless Alliance
was in a cramped space behind a bank branch on South Commerce. Things
changed this summer. Read more
Arts & Culture - 12.21.2011
2012!
okcBIZ polled a smattering of metro-area movers and shakers to find out their goals for the New Year
by okcBIZ Staff
Now that the NBA is going back to work, it’s time to think about goals for the coming year. What are yours? Read more
News Article - 07.20.2012
City seeks RFPs for old jail
The
city of Oklahoma City is seeking input from developers to repurpose the 72-year-old jailhouse at 200 N. Shartel. The 41,000-square-foot,
six-story facility housed inmates until the new county jail opened in
the late 1980s. Read more
Construction - 07.31.2012
City Council considers boulevard options
If a portion of a new boulevard in Downtown Oklahoma City
is elevated on its west end, nearby property owners and interested parties
believe it will doom the area to a future filled with blight, pigeons and "hobos." Read more
Construction - 08.28.2012
Architect talks Kerr Park plans
It
may not look like much
now, but over the next two years, Oklahoma City will be reintroduced to
Kerr and
Couch parks downtown. A transformation is under way at the adjoining
parks in a joint effort by the city of Oklahoma City, SandRidge Energy
and Chesapeake
Energy. Read more
Real Estate - 09.13.2012
Gold Dome finds buyer
The geodesic gold dome at
N.W. 23rd Street and Classen Boulevard has a new owner after a
foreclosure auction Sept. 13. David Box, CEO of Box Talent and Box Real Estate, was the sole bidder
on the 1958 former bank building. Read more
Transportation - 12.04.2012
Alternatives for proposed boulevard meet opposition
by okcBIZ Staff
A firm hired to look at engineering
options for part of the future boulevard in Downtown Oklahoma City is
recommending that an overpass be used to solve possible traffic
issues, against protests by some who favor other options – or more
analysis in general. Read more
Transportation - 02.21.2013
Boulevard of compromise
Oklahoma City Council votes on controversial section of proposed boulevard Downtown
Despite opposition, a measure to approve a compromise on the design of
one portion of a boulevard to run through Downtown Oklahoma City passed
the city council Jan. 8 with a 7-2 vote. The boulevard plan dates back
to the 1990s when state and federal authorities determined the
Interstate 40 crosstown would be moved south, and a boulevard would sit
in its previous alignment. Read more
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