Recent News
The City of Tulsa and the Tulsa Beautification Foundation have partnered to create a new sign program to reduce clutter on the arterial streets and eliminate public safety hazards resulting from illegal signs in the right of way.
The 2nd annual Mayor’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award competition has come to a close with this year’s winner taking home a $30,000 award from Spirit Bank, with an additional $30,000 match from i2e. A private, non-profit corporation, i2e focuses on wealth creation in the technology-based industries.
Mayor Kathy Taylor was joined today by North Tulsa leaders to announce developments on economic incentives for the area.
Press - Tulsa Selected for National League of Cities Program
Posted on: February 28, 2008Mayor Kathy Taylor announced today that the City of Tulsa has been selected as one of eight cities in the Unites States to participate in the first phase of a National League of Cities (NLC) Program, “City Leaders Supporting Afterschool and A New Day of Learning.”
The partnership with NLC will assist Tulsa in the creation of a citywide system of support for young people.
“We are thrilled to have been selected to participate in this program,” said Mayor Kathy Taylor. “This grant will support all the work we are already doing in mentoring, gang prevention, and youth fitness to insure the brightest future possible for Tulsa's children."
“Over the course of the next several months, the project will enable Tulsa to continue to advance partnerships and collaborate with school and community partners while we develop a model that will advance a ‘new way of learning’ for Tulsa’s children and youth,” Taylor added.
Susan Neal, Director of Community Development and Education Initiatives, added, “This program is important to all of Tulsa’s neighborhoods. Offering a variety of after school programming close to home is key to neighborhood stabilization.”
Bela Shah, National League of Cities Senior Program Associate for Afterschool Initiatives, explains that “The program seeks to improve afterschool program accessibility and quality, professional development and family engagement by working toward a seamless citywide out of-school time system.”
Other cities selected from 37 applicants to participate in the program include: Albany, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Morgantown, W. Va.; Omaha, NE; St. Paul, MN; Tampa, FL; and Vancouver, WA.
The program is supported by the Charles Steward Mott Foundation. The National League of Cities is headquartered in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.nlc.org .