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Metropolitan Area Projects Plan (MAPS) is a multi-year, municipal capital improvement program, consisting of a number of projects, originally conceived in the 1990s in Oklahoma City by its then mayor Ron Norick. A MAPS program features several interrelated and defined capital projects, funded by a temporary sales tax (allowing projects to be ...
The Metropolitan Area Projects Plan 3, or MAPS 3, is a $777 million public works and redevelopment project in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma funded by a temporary voter-approved sales tax increase. The one-cent sales tax initiative began in April 2010 and ended in December 2017.
The Scatter Kindness Foundation supports Oklahoma City's homeless population. This year on Saturday, Nov. 16, volunteers will set up at Sheridan Circle to serve a traditional Thanksgiving hot meal.
In Nashville, activist Molly Secours worked with the Oasis Center to help African-American and Latino youth learn life skills via videos. [2] It celebrates Women's History Month. [3] In Newport Beach, California the Oasis Center served 12,000 people by sponsoring educational classes, fitness activities, transportation and special events. [4]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Sitting on his living room couch, a 16-year-old high school student described all the reasons he’s fighting to change his gender identity on official documents.
The Federation of Women's Clubs for Oklahoma and Indian Territories was formed in May, 1898. The motto selected for the organization was "Kindliness and Helpfulness". The first president was Sophia Julia Coleman Douglas. [1] The charter women's clubs were: [2] Philomathea Club, Oklahoma City, organized Oct. 1891
The Mabel Bassett Correctional Center (MBCC) is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections prison for women located in unincorporated Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States, near McLoud. The facility houses 1241 inmates, most of whom are held at medium security. [2] It is the largest female prison in Oklahoma. [3]
Downtown Oklahoma City. Downtown Oklahoma City itself is currently undergoing a renaissance.Between the mid-1980s and 1990s, downtown was unchanged and largely vacant. It was the scene of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on 5th Street between Robinson and Harvey Avenues, caused by convicted domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh; most buildings within a 1-mile (1.6 km) radius ...