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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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Making OKC affordable
Affordable housing is a challenge, both on a national and local level. While median home value and median rent have increased...
Jun 13, 2017


Knitting the innovation district together
This spring the Brookings Institution and the Project for Public Spaces presented the results and recommendations of an 18-month study of...
Jun 8, 2017
Leaders recognized for commitment
I recently had the privilege of seeing three Oklahoma City visionaries honored at Downtown Oklahoma City Inc.’s Dean A. McGee awards...
Jun 6, 2017


Building a Better Path to Community
For the past four years, Cassi Poor rides her bike to work each day and often to get around town. In those 1,460 days Poor has seen...
Jun 5, 2017


Festival casts OKC in star role
Next week, thousands of people will head downtown to participate in the deadCenter Film Festival. The event is Oklahoma’s largest film...
May 30, 2017


streetcar moves economic development forward
Construction on the rail line for the Oklahoma City streetcar recently broke ground, marking another major MAPS 3 milestone. Many of us...
May 25, 2017


Shopping Oklahoma City to the world
Retail is an economic driver of communities – from the development and purchase of real estate to job creation and the increase in sales...
May 23, 2017


Farmers Market serves up fresh district
One of the aspects that makes Oklahoma City an interesting and thriving place is our diverse districts. From the Western Avenue District...
May 16, 2017


Strong Neighborhoods Initiative improves communities
The recent unveiling of the mural Plains Pioneer in McKinley Park is a visible sign of how the Classen Ten Penn neighborhood has...
May 9, 2017


Opportunities for economic growth
For more than half a century, anchor institutions, like the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Oklahoma Medical Research...
May 2, 2017


Making space for innovation
The word “innovation” is used frequently to describe a new product, technology or service. Imagine what innovation might look like when...
Apr 25, 2017


Oklahoma resiliency
Wednesday marks the anniversary of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, a heinous event that took the lives of 168...
Apr 18, 2017


Spring events will bring a million to downtown
In the span of six days, April 25-30, more than 1 million people will attend the Festival of the Arts and the Memorial Marathon in...
Apr 11, 2017


OKC tourism brings people, revenue
With the warmer weather comes festival season and more tourists. Oklahoma City has a lot to show off to visitors, from Bricktown and...
Apr 4, 2017


OKC gets top credit ratings
Once again, the city of Oklahoma City has earned the highest bond ratings possible from two of the nation’s most respected financial...
Mar 28, 2017


Collecting online sales tax benefits Oklahomans
Earlier this month, Amazon began collecting Oklahoma sales tax on online purchases. Reactions to the change have been mixed. Local...
Mar 21, 2017


WPA projects stand the test of time
The Works Progress Administration, created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935, is widely recognized for its contributions to...
Mar 14, 2017


Railway quiet zone complete
The distant sound of a train whistle may bring an air of nostalgia for some people, but for those forced to hear it up close every day,...
Mar 7, 2017


Take a Seat campaign starts
Imagine helping to set the stage for the next Ralph Ellison, Jimmy Rushing or Charlie Christian. The novelist, blues singer and jazz...
Feb 28, 2017


NE renaissance builds community
Northeast Oklahoma City is an area rich with Oklahoma history and culture. It is also an area that faces more serious economic and health...
Feb 21, 2017
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