Tulsa Federal Credit Union’S Business Lending Services Can Help You Go Beyond
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Our goal is to offer fast, flexible, and fair products with personalized service to help your business grow. Leave the ordinary behind. Small Business | Commercial | SBA | Credit Cards Visit us at TulsaFederalCU.org or call our Member CARE Center at 918.610.0200. Federally Insured by NCUA 2 VISION TULSA 2018 tulsacouncil.org 14 LOCATIONS| | FREE TRANSFUND ATMS | 7 COUNTIES | MOBILE DEPOSIT | MOBILE BILL PAY | ITMS contents Vision Tulsa 2018 is published Managing Editor: for the Tulsa City Council, City of Tulsa, Introduction Business Highlights by Rosie Hinkle Publishing, Inc. Rosie Hinkle City Council 5 Professional & Business Services 58 Copyright© 2018 All rights reserved. Copy Editor: Reproduction in whole or part of information Meagan Collins contained herein without prior written Council Chair 6 Faith in Tulsa 63 approval is prohibited. Vision Tulsa Magazine Art Director/Designer: trademark copyright is registered with Mayor 6 Communications 65 the State of Oklahoma. 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TGOV Tulsa 91 Demographics 35 Economic Profile 92 Education 38 - Your Limits Transportation 46 HELP YOUR BUSINESS - All Expectations Utilities 48 Credits - A Bank’s Bottom Line Healthcare 49 Acknowledgments 94 Cover photos: Rhys Martin, Rhys has traveled all 2,400 miles Photo Credits 94 - The Ordinary of Route 66, You can follow him GO BEYOND at cloudlesslens.com. Profile Index 94 Whether your business is already established, recently opened, or an idea, Tulsa Federal Credit Union’s business lending services can help you go beyond. Our goal is to offer fast, flexible, and fair products with personalized service to help your business grow. 15 Leave the ordinary behind. 49 88 Small Business | Commercial | SBA | Credit Cards 8 21 Visit us at TulsaFederalCU.org or call our Member CARE Center at 918.610.0200. 82 Federally Insured by NCUA 65 tulsacouncil.org VISION TULSA 2018 3 14 LOCATIONS | FREE TRANSFUND ATMS | 7 COUNTIES | MOBILE DEPOSIT | MOBILE BILL PAY | ITMS | 4 VISION TULSA 2018 |tulsacouncil.org City Council Vanessa Hall-Harper Jeannie Cue David Patrick Blake Ewing Karen Gilbert Councilor District 1 Councilor District 2 Councilor District 3 Councilor District 4 Councilor District 5 Connie Dodson Anna America Phil Lakin, Jr. Ben Kimbro Councilor District 6 Councilor District 7 Councilor District 8 Councilor District 9 Tulsa City Councilors City Council Staff District 1 Vanessa Hall-Harper Thomas Baker Interim Council Administrator Matt Martin TGOV Programs Administrator District 2 Jeannie Cue Megan Boyd Council Video/Media Specialist District 3 David Patrick Keith Madden Council Secretary District 4 Blake Ewing Brenton Sides Council Support Administrator Shelly Suazo Council Support Assistant District 5 Karen Gilbert Sarah Davis Director of Constituent Services District 6 Connie Dodson Mayo Baugher Council Aide District 7 Anna America Chris Baughman Council Aide Allecia Chatman Council Aide District 8 Phil Lakin, Jr. Casey Clark Council Aide District 9 Ben Kimbro tulsacouncil.org | VISION TULSA 2018 5 Council Chair Mayor of Tulsa It’s Tulsa’s Time to Shine Tulsa’s Spirit of High Expectations It’s an honor and a pleasure to serve as chair for the third All across our great community are the energizing sights and time on the Tulsa City Council. As a public servant for sounds of a city on the move. We’re focused on completing the citizens of Tulsa, this has by far been one of the most Vision and economic development projects that will be a rewarding experiences of my life. game changer for how our city will look in the next five I grew up in a small, bustling town once called Dawson years. So, what makes Tulsa a world-class city? Our people. that was annexed into Tulsa in 1948. I knew Tulsa was a In 2016, the citizens of Tulsa came together to approve an special place that would thrive, but Tulsa has far surpassed $884 million Vision sales tax renewal package. With that vote of confidence, we my wildest dreams. I never imagined Tulsa would have a downtown baseball rolled up our sleeves and set out to fulfill our Vision plans to benefit all parts of our stadium and a state-of-the-art arena, along with many other amenities. Now, Tulsa city—north, south, east, and west. is looking forward to an iconic pedestrian bridge over the Arkansas River and the world-class public park that is the Gathering Place, a generous gift to our city from We asked citizens to dream big and help us decide what a new pedestrian bridge the George Kaiser Family Foundation. should look like. After receiving more than 300 submissions and 14,000 comments on our finalists, The Gateway Bridge will serve as an iconic centerpiece along the I’ve been privileged to be involved with community improvements from the first Arkansas River and complement the neighboring Gathering Place. Vision 2025 third-penny sales tax package to the recent Vision Tulsa tax-extension package. These programs cover everything from economic development and public Vision Tulsa sales tax dollars helped make Sunday bus service a reality, offering infrastructure to capital improvements and public safety. Significant, progressive citizens access to public transportation on the weekend—the first time in Tulsa changes were made in Tulsa as a result of these public improvement packages Transit’s history. Aero, the official name for Tulsa’s enhanced Bus Rapid Transit Line and I’m immensely pleased to be a part of it. service, will serve as a premium public transit service to connect Tulsans to jobs, educational opportunities, and destinations along Peoria Avenue and downtown. Tulsa is home to historic Route 66, which in my opinion is one of the most promising Vision 2025 capital improvement projects. Vision Tulsa also allocated And finally, we broke ground on our first new Vision Tulsa project to begin funding to promote tourism along this route. Visitors from all over the globe visit construction: Tulsa’s Air National Guard Mission Training Center will be completed Tulsa every year to get a glimpse of the Mother Road, and I look forward to seeing by the end of 2018. Using $9.4 million in Vision funds, the 20,000-sq.-ft. Mission it come to fruition. Training Center will feature four flight simulators offering realistic combat training for fighter pilots. The 138th Fighter Wing in Tulsa will be the first Air National Guard unit Investing locally and connecting internationally has Tulsa primed for economic in the country to receive this cutting-edge technology and serve as a regional facility. growth. As an entrepreneur, I’m pleased that Tulsa is still a safe haven for mom-and-pop businesses, which is a generator for Tulsa’s continued success. Tulsa is experiencing a great boon of economic development. It’s exciting to know we’ve had more corporate relocation visits in the first quarter of 2017 than This year, I’m eager to work side-by-side with Mayor G.T. Bynum to help promote in all of 2016. his innovative strategies and forward-thinking approaches to galvanize Tulsa to become more competitive with other top cities. The Greenheck Group, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of air movement, control, and conditioning equipment will build a new campus to serve the central and Tulsa is a diverse city, and as we further work toward cohesion and resiliency, southern U.S.