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The Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center is the new downtown home for the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The museum features visiting exhibits, original selections from its own collection, a theater showing a variety of foreign, independent, and classic films each week, and a restaurant. OKCMOA is also home to the most comprehensive collection of Chihuly glass in the world including the 55-foot Eleanor Blake Kirkpatrick Memorial Tower in the Museum's atrium.
Most people served are chronically hungry children, seniors living on fixed incomes and others struggling to make ends meet. Most Dallas road trips involving the much-maligned I-35 head south to Austin and San Antonio, but point your car north, and you’ll hit Oklahoma City in just over three hours. It’s worth exploring this often-overlooked destination, as OKC’s growing population keeps giving visitors more to do. Check out its thriving neighborhoods, like Automobile Alley, which sports Deep Ellum vibes and a fun collection of restaurants, galleries, and shops.
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The official said that the investigation does not target the troubled Oklahoma County jail or fatal police shootings in the city, but both could be involved if violations of the rights of people with mental illnesses are found. For having a population of less than 90,000 people, New Mexico’s capital offers visitors an outsized amount of fun activities. Eat and drink your way around the centrally located Plaza and the Railyard, covering your plates in red and green chile sauce. Then browse the many art galleries featuring work from some of the American Southwest’s best artists.
Boise is another good choice for those who want a more active lifestyle. The third most populous metro area in the Pacific Northwest , the city has more than 180 miles of public trails for hiking, mountain biking and trail running, and you’re not far from world-class fishing, whitewater rafting and wineries. A 2013 study by Walk Score ranked Oklahoma City the 43rd most walkable out of the 50 largest U.S. cities.
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After work, catch a concert at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or a Browns, Cavaliers or Indians game. Plus, it’s a short drive from the city to hiking destinations in the summer, ski resorts in the winter and national parks like Bryce Canyon and Zion throughout the year. The Midwest Regional Medical Center is in the suburb of Midwest City; other major hospitals in the city include the Oklahoma Heart Hospital and the Mercy Health Center.
Don’t leave without swinging through Meow Wolf, a trippy, interactive art installation located inside an old bowling alley. There’s a reason they call Arkansas the “Natural State.” It’s teeming with state parks, national forests, and hot springs, so there’s always an outdoor adventure just around the corner. If you like your nature with a dose of culture, head to Northwest Arkansas. Bentonville is known as the birthplace of Wal-Mart, but don’t hold that against it. The small town outpunches its weight class in multiple visitor-friendly categories, including food, art, and mountain biking trails. And Fayetteville is home to the Walton Arts Center, which draws touring Broadway shows and musicians, and the Ale Trail, which takes you to all the area’s breweries.
Evictions, low wages leave 70,000 kids homeless in Oklahoma
Residents of Oklahoma City suffered substantial losses on April 19, 1995, when Timothy McVeigh detonated a bomb in front of the Murrah building. The building was destroyed , more than 100 nearby buildings suffered severe damage, and 168 people were killed. The site has been commemorated as the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. Every year on April 19, survivors, families, and friends return to the memorial to read the names of each person lost.
Freight service is provided by BNSF, Union Pacific, and Stillwater Central. Major state expressways through the city include Lake Hefner Parkway (SH-74), the Kilpatrick Turnpike, Airport Road (SH-152), and Broadway Extension (US-77) which continues from I-235 connecting Central Oklahoma City to Edmond. Lake Hefner Parkway runs through northwest Oklahoma City, while Airport Road runs through southwest Oklahoma City and leads to Will Rogers World Airport. The third-largest university in the state, the University of Central Oklahoma, is just north of the city in the suburb of Edmond. Oklahoma Christian University, one of the state's private liberal arts institutions, is just south of the Edmond border, inside the Oklahoma City limits.
Embark maintains limited coverage of the city's main street grid using a hub-and-spoke system from the main terminal, making many journeys impractical due to the rather small number of bus routes offered and that most trips require a transfer downtown. The city has recognized transit as a major issue for the rapidly growing and urbanizing city and has initiated several studies in recent times to improve upon the existing bus system starting with a plan known as the Fixed Guideway Study. This study identified several potential commuter transit routes from the suburbs into downtown OKC as well as feeder-line bus and/or rail routes throughout the city. Amtrak has a station downtown at the Santa Fe Depot, with daily service to Fort Worth and the nation's rail network via the Heartland Flyer. Oklahoma City once was the crossroads of several interstate passenger railroads, at the Santa Fe Depot, the Union Station, and at the station of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. However, several proposals to extend the current train service have been made, including a plan to extend the Heartland Flyer to Newton, Kansas, which is currently being connected through Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach.
The average temperature is 61.4 °F (16.3 °C), with the monthly daily average ranging from 39.2 °F (4.0 °C) in January to 83.0 °F (28.3 °C) in July. Extremes range from −17 °F (−27 °C) on February 12, 1899 to 113 °F (45 °C) on August 11, 1936, and August 3, 2012; the last sub-zero reading was −14 °F (−26 °C) on February 16, 2021. Temperatures reach 100 °F (38 °C) on 10.4 days of the year, 90 °F (32 °C) on nearly 70 days, and fail to rise above freezing on 8.3 days.
Several elements of "Core to Shore" were included in the MAPS 3 proposal approved by voters in late 2009. Oklahoma City was settled on April 22, 1889, when the area known as the "Unassigned Lands" was opened for settlement in an event known as "The Land Run". Some 10,000 homesteaders settled the area that would become the capital of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City is home to the state's largest school district, Oklahoma City Public Schools. In addition, OKCPS's Belle Isle Enterprise Middle School was named the top middle school in the state according to the Academic Performance Index, and recently received the Blue Ribbon School Award, in 2004 and again in 2011. KIPP Reach College Preparatory School in Oklahoma City received the 2012 National Blue Ribbon along with its school leader, Tracy McDaniel Sr., being awarded the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding Leadership. Oklahoma City Community College in south Oklahoma City is the second-largest community college in the state.
It has one of the most affordable housing markets in the nation with homes listed at an average of just $69 per square foot. Cleveland also has a significantly low cost of living at 84 percent of the national average, according to Area Vibes. It goes without saying, if you are recovering from a financial setback, Cleveland may be one of the best places to rebound. The cost of living is 98 percent of the national average, according to Area Vibes, making the region very affordable compared to other major metropolitan areas. While you should have a relatively easy time finding a job, you’ll have to act fast when it comes to housing. Prices continue to rise, and Dallas-Fort Worth remains a sellers’ market.
Located just across the Texas-New Mexico border, Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a natural wonder that dates back more than 260 million years, when the area was covered by an inland sea. Today it’s a popular stop for amateur spelunkers who want to explore its 120 known caves or share space with a Brazilian free-tailed bat colony, whose population exceeds 400,000. One of the more prominent landmarks downtown is the Crystal Bridge at the Myriad Botanical Gardens, a large downtown urban park.
Oklahoma City has 18 neighborhoods with a Walk Score above 60, mainly close to the downtown core. Construction of the Oklahoma City Streetcar system in Downtown OKC began in early 2017, and the system opened for service in December 2018. Also known as the Maps 3 Streetcar, it connects the areas of Bricktown, Midtown and Downtown.
If you are having issues setting up your account, please email and someone will assist you. Georgia Power Co. and regulatory staff have reached an agreement that would give the company a nearly $1.8 billion rate increase over three years — if Georgia’s five elected public service commissioners approve. The Grand Canyon never gets old, but Palo Duro Canyon is the second biggest canyon in the country—and it’s a lot closer than its Arizona counterpart.
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