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Perry, OK · Real Estate
The Oklahoman
'Help is on the way' for sweltering Edmond pool
EDMOND − "Help is on the way" for competitive swimmers in and visiting Edmond after the city pledged to work with the school district and YMCA of Greater OKC to upgrade air conditioning at Edmond Public Schools Aquatic Center. It will boost tourism spending and sales tax collections from swimmers, family and fans who come by the hundreds and spend thousands of dollar on rooms and in restaurants and stores. At least when they can bear it. Right now Edmond is losing out to Tulsa suburb Jenks and its high school's Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center, swim parents said. Near suffocating summer heat has been keeping people away and causing swim meets to be canceled or moved from the Edmond venue, in the city's Mitch Park, north of Covell Road and west of Kelly Avenue, officials and residents said. Extreme heat has the city closing both the competition pool and leisure pool at noon at least through Sunday, Aug. 2. Council members and city staff both said it − "Help is on the way!" − after residents brought up the long-simmering issue at the council meeting Monday, July 27. Nicole Meredith, who lives on Tacoma Bridge Court, said that on one
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This Tiny Oklahoma Town Was The First Place Route 66 Left Behind
What happens when a highway decides to take a shortcut and leave a town behind? You get a place that time almost forgot. A tiny community in Oklahoma became the first town on the Mother Road to be completely bypassed, just two years after the highway was even established. The...
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Park Aerospace Corp. Invests $65M in Oklahoma Manufacturing Facility
Park Aerospace Corp., a manufacturer of composite materials and engineered structures for the aerospace industry, announced plans to invest $65 million in a new manufacturing facility at Tulsa International Airport in Oklahoma. The facility will be built on 18 acres in the airport’s North Development Area, with construction expected to...
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Developer of Worlds Tallest Skyscraper Says Goal is to Break Ground this Year
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Edmond eyes Covell-Coltrane junction upgrade where Walmart is planned
EDMOND — City engineers are weighing whether to propose upgrades to the cramped Covell-Coltrane crossroads, where a contentious Walmart Neighborhood Market is headed , as Edmond's biggest street project the next five years. Jim Tapp's Coltrane Land Development LLC gained approval of a preliminary site plan for Covell Creek Corner, which does not mention Walmart, from the Edmond Planning Commission in April. It is planned for the northwest corner. Approval came after Oklahoma County District Judge Anthony L. Bonner found in favor of Coltrane Land Development, part of The Tapp Cos., and against the city of Edmond the month before in a lawsuit over Tapp's plans. It was the second legal fight over development of the property since 2015. The ruling came just as city staff were starting to determine the best use of revenue from a r enewed 10-year, half-cent capital improvement sales tax now earmarked for street and road improvements. The Edmond City Council will ultimately make the call after taking recommendations from the city Capital Improvement Projects Advisory Board. Tapp's plan for the Walmart grocery store includes two entrances, one off each road. Plus, both roads will be widened with turn lanes for access to the property,