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Welcome to The Alliance News, where we share updates, success stories, and insights that shape Oklahoma City’s future. As we work to coordinate land, incentives, and development tools in partnership with government and private stakeholders, this space keeps you connected to what’s happening across our community. We’ll highlight new projects, partnerships, policy shifts, and ways you can engage—so you can see how we’re building progress together.

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United Way is a good economic investment
The United Way of Central Oklahoma is entering the final months of its annual fundraising campaign and could use all of our help in...
Nov 27, 2018


Invest in your community by shopping local
At The Alliance for Economic Development, we share information about how developers, business owners and employers in Oklahoma City are...
Nov 20, 2018


Great neighborhoods make great cities
Buying a home is more than purchasing square footage and a certain architectural style. When you buy a home, you are also investing in...
Nov 13, 2018


Vacant school properties bring opportunity
Over the past couple of decades, enrollment in urban schools in many cities across the country has declined. The same has happened in the...
Nov 6, 2018


Douglass at Page Woodson wins national award
The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently announced the Douglass at Page Woodson apartment community as one of only three...
Oct 30, 2018


Streetcar brings prosperity along route
It is still more than a month before the Oklahoma City Streetcar system officially begins service, but we are already seeing its economic...
Oct 23, 2018


What are your ideas 4 MAPS?
Oklahoma City’s Metropolitan Area Projects program, known as MAPS, is admired by cities nationwide. Our city is regularly visited by...
Oct 16, 2018


Report highlights transformative projects
For nearly six decades, the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority has been working with city planners, private developers and residents...
Oct 9, 2018


Omni groundbreaking highlights continuing downtown development
On Monday, Omni Hotel leadership, along with city officials and city leaders, officially broke ground on the beautiful 605-room Omni...
Oct 2, 2018


Core to Shore vision beginning to take shape
We have been talking about and imagining the opportunities for redevelopment and development in the area directly south of the Central...
Sep 25, 2018


Innovation District accelerating Oklahoma City’s momentum
Innovation is a powerful word. We often think of it as a new idea or new way of doing something, but when we talk about Oklahoma City’s...
Sep 18, 2018


Fair provides entertainment, economic impact
It’s beginning to feel like fall with the arrival of the Oklahoma State Fair, which opens Thursday and ends Sept. 23 at State Fair Park...
Sep 11, 2018


Omni Hotel development making advances
Now that a section of the Oklahoma City Boulevard between Shields Boulevard and S. Robinson Avenue has opened, you will be able to see...
Sep 4, 2018


City benefits from leadership, collaboration
Oklahoma City is regularly visited by representatives and officials from other cities throughout the country who want to understand the...
Aug 28, 2018


Cultivating placemaking in Kerr Park
This week, downtown employees, residents and the public attended a kickoff party to celebrate the recent enhancements and reopening of...
Aug 21, 2018


Crowdfunding classroom projects
August marks the beginning of the school year in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City Public Schools started at the beginning of the month, while...
Aug 14, 2018


Investing in success
There is an innovative new economic development tool that encourages investments in underserved areas of the community designated as...
Aug 7, 2018


Craft beer scene brewing
Have you noticed the rise in craft beer breweries in Oklahoma City? Over the past decade, multiple breweries including Twisted Spike...
Jul 31, 2018


The Power of 10 in placemaking
What makes a place great? Green spaces, unique buildings, family activities? The Project for Public Spaces asked this question and came...
Jul 24, 2018


Partnership brings park to life
This Saturday is the unveiling of the newly renovated Red Andrews Park. Located at 720 NW Eighth St., the Midtown park once consisted of...
Jul 17, 2018
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