Join us for our Young Leaders Exchange Friday, November 15, 2019. Partnering with the TYPROS Urbanists Crew, we'll travel to OKC for a day exploring the latest developments in and around downtown OKC.
YL OKC Exchange Itinerary:
8:30 AM DEPART for OKC
10:00 AM Wheeler District – Hopping off the bus just south of the Oklahoma River, we’ll tour OKC’s first new urbanist community. Led by one of ULI Oklahoma’s founders, Blair Humphreys, the Wheeler District is currently in Phase 1 of their master plan. The first phase of construction will include 60 single family homes, 100 apartments, and 30,000SF of commercial space containing new restaurants, a microbrewery, and a range of live/work townhomes.
11:30 AM West Village – Developer Andy Burnett will lead the group through a walking tour of West Village, located just west of Film Row. The new neighborhood includes the successful redevelopments of Fred Jones Manufacturing Plant (21C Hotel) and Jones Assembly, plus 3-phases of mixed use and multi-family developments.
1:00 PM Lunch @ The Parlor – Check out OKC’s newest urban food hall in the heart of the rapidly re-developing warehouse district just east of Auto Alley.
2:30 PM Streetcar Guided Tour - All aboard for a narrated ride through downtown by OKC Young Leaders Ryan Fogle (RideOKC) and Justin Brannon (Embark Solutions).
2:45 PM Walking Tour 10th Street Infill – The staff of Gardner Architects will highlight the latest small-scale infill development that continues to transform the heart of Midtown.
4:30 PM MAPS Panel – We’ll finish our day with a panel discussion on the Past, Present, and Future of the MAPS tax in OKC. Responsible for such large-scale civic projects such as the OKC Streetcar, Scissortail Park, and Convention Center, MAPS4 will go to a vote in December 2019.
5:30 PM Joint OKC/Tulsa Happy Hour
7:00 PM DEPART for Tulsa
8:30 PM Arrive Tulsa
Register by emailing oklahoma@uli.org
Tickets $25