Late last week Oklahoma City hosted more than 100 international Fulbright grant recipients for an enrichment seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The seminar was titled A City Reinvented: Building an Innovation Ecosystem in Oklahoma and covered the public and private sector roles in building an environment of innovation. Mayor Mick Cornett provided the keynote address, sharing how our city has reinvented itself throug

This week the Myriad Botanical Gardens & Crystal Bridge celebrates its 30th anniversary. The organization is hosting a public open house on Sunday, the exact date it opened its doors in 1988. It is hard to imagine the Myriad Gardens as anything except the vibrant center of downtown Oklahoma City. Each year hundreds of thousands of visitors explore the gardens, attend outdoor events, take education classes and simply enjoy nature. But just like nature itself, the Myriad Garden

Oklahoma City is making great strides toward building a healthier and active community through new walking and biking routes. Last week, the city dedicated its first truly urban trail, connecting neighborhoods and businesses along an 8-mile route. The Will Rogers Trail makes it easier to walk or ride from Lake Hefner and across Northwest Expressway at Meridian Avenue. It continues generally south and ultimately connects to the Oklahoma River Trail system near SW Fifth Street

Did you get a chance to see the Downtown Home Tour last weekend? If so, then you got a glimpse of what it’s like to live in the heart of Oklahoma City. The tour showcased nine properties ranging from renovated historic buildings like Carnegie Centre and The Sieber to more recent construction including The Edge and The Hill at Bricktown. If you weren’t able to take the tour, you can still see how living in downtown is positively impacting the city. Currently, almost 9,000 peop