OKC’s Report Card on Economic Security

Report card time’s always a little unnerving isn’t it? Will I be at the top, the bottom, or somewhere around average? What grade do you think our great city would earn? Better question; would you be at all surprised to find out that Oklahoma City got an A+ and ranked first out of the Top […]

#okcW3 – Block Party OKC 2011

It’s time for this month’s ShowMeOKC W3! Have you heard of Block Party OKC? Oklahoma City Educare? How about the Exchange? If you answered “no” to any of the above, you’ve gotta check this out (go fullscreen to get the HD vibe):

OKC Among 100 Best Communities…

  More props for our great city; The America’s Promise Alliance recognizes Oklahoma City as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People. Here’s a short excerpt from their website: This is Oklahoma City’s fifth time on the 100 Best Communities for Young People list. Oklahoma City’s variety of programs to help build the […]

Oklahoma Ranks High for Business Climate

One of the many benefits of a strong local government and the growth that Oklahoma City has experienced over the past decade or so is a strengthening business climate, as was recently highlighted in Site Selection Magazine, where our great state was ranked 13th out of 50. That’s quite a jump ahead of last year’s […]

OKC Ranked 5th in U.S. for Volunteerism

If you’ve been around here long, you know how much we love it when OKC gets recognized as being at the top of all kinds of lists. Have you ever wondered how OKC stacks up to other major metros for volunteering? According to VolunteeringAmerica.gov, our great city ranks fifth in the country for the volunteer […]

Desmond Mason’s Take on OKC Real Estate

It’s not tough to find people bragging about Oklahoma City’s housing market these days. Desmond Mason shares his insight to the great opportunities that the Central Oklahoma real estate market offers:

OKC Metro Real Estate Value Gains – Top 3 in the US!

We’re taking another chance to brag about our amazing metro area? You bet! You probably saw earlier this week that CNBC ranked Edmond as the best suburb in America, now add to that the Top 3 ranking the OKC metro just received in terms of real estate value gains by Inman & Zillow, and you’ve […]

Too HOT to Run?

I would imagine that many of you are ready to start a 5K or marathon training program this fall. I know that many of you have been discouraged to run or exercise in this Oklahoma Heat! You may have tried to find another way to cross train? I read on Twitter that some people have enjoyed swimming, cycling, […]

Random Downtown OKC Coolness

I love it when I stumble across a talented somebody’s random collection of shots around our awesome metro area, so this one was a nice surprise. Check out Garret Evans‘ recent finds of both shiny and dull around Downtown Oklahoma City:

A West Coast Perspective on Oklahoma City

With all of the talk lately about the number of people moving from California to Oklahoma, and our post earlier about the “Boeing Divisions Moving from CA to OK”, I thought I’d share a great clip of a former Californian, David Alexander, talking about his experiences having lived in both places. What are your thoughts? […]