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Chamber Releases 2018 Legislative Agenda New Year Brings New Products and Services from the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber January 2018 www.okcchamber.com Chamber Releases 2018 Legislative Agenda In November 2017, the Chamber’s board of directors • Quality Jobs Act (QJA), 21st Century QJA, Small adopted a comprehensive set of public policy priorities Employer QJA and the Prime Contractor QJA that are crucial to creating a strong future for Oklahoma • Aerospace Engineer Tax Credit businesses. Below is an excerpt of the key priorities. Read the full list at www.okcchamber.com/legislative. • Investment/New Jobs Tax Credit Economic Development Programs • Historical Building Rehabilitation Tax Credit The Chamber supports retaining the state’s premier • Freeport (Inventory) Exemption economic/community development programs, which are • Five-year ad valorem abatement and sales tax critical in attracting new businesses to the state, assisting exemption for manufacturing facilities the expansion of existing companies and encouraging investment in communities across the state. The • Oklahoma Regional Home Office Insurance following are key programs the Chamber will work to Premium Tax Credit protect: Continued on page 8 New Year Brings New Products and Services from the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber In 2018, the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber is expanding its products and services to better serve its members. From new events, additional membership levels, more business resources and updated programs, the Chamber is working to meet the needs of the Oklahoma City business community while strengthening the region’s appeal as a place to work and live. “As our membership continues to grow and adapt, it is important that the Chamber develops its offerings alongside it,” said Roy H. Williams, CCE, president and CEO of the Chamber. “The new products, programs and services that we are offering in 2018 were designed to make our membership more valuable while creating a stronger community for businesses and residents.” Continued on page 10 Historic Santa Fe Station Opens After Renovation have been working together to modernize Oklahoma City’s transportation options. With Greater Oklahoma City’s population forecasted to grow by 453,000 people in the next 20 years, the group acknowledges that passenger rail will be a critical component of that growth. In 2014, the Oklahoma State Legislature passed Regional Transit Authority (RTA) legislation that would prepare for commuter rail in central Oklahoma by allowing for a multi-jurisdictional taxing authority. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Oklahoma City’s Since that time, a number of Greater Oklahoma City historic Santa Fe Station – now the city’s Intermodal communities have financially committed to forming Transit Hub – in December 2017, ushering in a new era an RTA, including Oklahoma City, Edmond, Norman, for transit connectivity in Oklahoma City. Moore, Midwest City and Del City. Using a commuter corridor study, the RTA task force is proposing three Mayor Mick Cornett and other civic leaders transit routes to areas experiencing significant growth. celebrated the station’s ability to improve transit access in downtown Oklahoma City at the event. The three proposed routes include commuter rail or an extension of the Oklahoma City streetcar system, “This Art Deco building could have been lost, and all three routes would meet at the Santa Fe Station boarded up or demolished, but this generation said, ‘No, Intermodal Hub. we are going to do this right,’” Mayor Cornett said. The station’s architecture and interior epitomize the The depot was originally constructed in 1934 by the Art Deco era with carved and painted geometric designs, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and it was a hub period chandeliers and aluminum canopies, door and for rail passengers until Amtrak discontinued service in window frames. The renovation helped restore the 1979. The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber played a original architectural and design elements of the station, major role in restoring Amtrak service in 1999. enhance the streetscape on E.K. Gaylord Boulevard and Today, Santa Fe Station is the northernmost will soon improve the boarding platform. station on Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer route, which Limestone and granite on the exterior were restored, runs between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth with and chips to the facade were repaired using stone from stops in Norman, Purcell, Pauls Valley, Ardmore and the same quarries as the original work. Other elements Gainesville, Texas. According to Dawn Sullivan, director like the new light fixtures replicate the station’s Art Deco of capital programs for the Oklahoma Department of style and copy designs from 1934. Transportation, more than 1 million passengers have used the Heartland Flyer service. In February, crews will bore a pedestrian tunnel from the train station to Bricktown and build a plaza on the Santa Fe Station will also be served by the MAPS Bricktown side to complete the project. 3 Oklahoma City Streetcar, EMBARK buses and a Spokies bike sharing station. It has charging stations for The $28.4 million renovation project is jointly funded electric vehicles, a redesigned parking lot and room for by the City of Oklahoma City (including MAPS 3), expansion to accommodate possible future high-speed ACOG, the state Department of Transportation and a trains and regional light rail service. federal TIGER grant. The restoration project architect is TAP Architecture, and the general contractor is Cooley Since the early 2000s, leaders from the Association Construction. of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG), the Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority (COTPA) and city elected officials from across the metro 2018 OFFICERS Leadership Notes RHONDA HOOPER Jordan Advertising Chair PERCY KIRK Where there are challenges, Cox Communications Chair-Elect we see opportunity DAVID E. RAINBOLT BancFirst Corporation Immediate Past Chair The start of the new year always brings a feeling of JOHN HART Continental Resources uncertainty about the future, especially when you Treasurer consider the challenges currently facing our state and BRUCE LAWRENCE INTEGRIS Health region. With an important legislative session and election Corporate Secretary CLAYTON I. BENNETT year ahead, it would be easy to only focus on what could Dorchester Capital go wrong. Vice Chair, Strategic Planning TERESA ROSE CROOK Oklahoma City Community Foundation Instead, I want to encourage you to focus on what Roy H. Williams, CCE Vice Chair, Education CARL E. EDWARDS could go right. Oklahoma City’s model of success puts President & CEO Price Edwards & Company our region in a unique position to continue to lead Vice Chair, Innovation and Bioscience DAVID HAGER the state in economic and community development. One of Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy Corporation Vice Chair, Forward Oklahoma City greatest strengths is our ability to find solutions by putting personal interests STEVE HAHN AT&T Oklahoma aside and working toward a common goal. If we are going to solve our most Vice Chair, Membership pressing challenges as a state, this is a trait that we all must put into practice. JUDY J. HATFIELD, CCIM Equity Commercial Realty, LLC Vice Chair, Military and Aerospace Our community has also proven, time and time again, that small, persistent BRADLEY W. KRIEGER Arvest Bank investments and collaborative efforts create dramatic change. We are primed Vice Chair, Government Relations for a year of reaping those rewards in Oklahoma City, with significant progress TOM J. MCDANIEL American Fidelity Foundation being made on MAPS 3 projects, the Omni Convention Center Hotel, criminal Vice Chair, MAPS Development JENNY LOVE MEYER justice reform, Oklahoma City’s workforce development and more. In 2018, it is Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores my hope that we all continue to lead in the face of challenges, both individually Vice Chair, Marketing and Communications J. LARRY NICHOLS and collectively, to create the kind of community in which we want to live. Devon Energy Corporation Vice Chair, Strategic Planning NATALIE SHIRLEY Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City Vice Chair, Convention and Visitor Development SEAN TRAUSCHKE OGE Energy Corp. Sincerely, Vice Chair, Economic Development ROY H. WILLIAMS, CCE Greater Oklahoma City Chamber President & CEO THE POINT! ISSUE #3515 - January 2018 Roy H. Williams, CCE Editorial staff Kaylee Terracina, Nate Fisher, Chamber CEO & President Cynthia Reid Designer Josh Vaughn 297-8900 [email protected] www.okcchamber.com www.twitter.com/okcchamber www.facebook.com/okcchamber The Point (ISSN 1075-6264) is published monthly by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, Register to Vote in See What the Chamber Has to Offer 123 Park Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. 5 Important OKC Elections 10 in 2018! POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Point!, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Attend Upcoming Chamber 2017 Brings New Companies, Jobs to 123 Park Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102 or e-mail [email protected]. Events OKC 6 13 SUBSCRIPTIONS: $15 per year included in Chamber membership; nonmembers, $25 per year within the U.S. Periodicals Postage paid at Oklahoma City. Advertising rates upon request. Publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertising. CONTENTS beSPICY Dave Cathey, The Oklahoman’s Food Editor FOLLOW THE OKLAHOMAN’S FOOD DUDE, DAVE CATHEY, ON HIS SPICY JOURNEY TO OKC’S FINEST RESTAURANTS AND HIDDEN GEMS. the very best you can be with The Oklahoman START TODAY FOR JUST $1.54/WEEK AT OKLAHOMAUNFOLDED.COM/SPICY Register to Vote in Important OKC Elections election on April 3. Oklahoma City’s next mayor will succeed current Mayor Mick Cornett, who is not seeking re-election after four terms. Mayor Cornett is Oklahoma City’s longest-serving mayor. beSPICY OKCPS board seats for Districts 4, 5 and 7 are also up for election this year. Mark Mann and Jace Kirk are running unopposed for Districts 4 and 7, respectively, and will be automatically elected. Nichell Braddy- Residents of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City Public Garcia, Willie Kelley and Ruth Veales stand for election School’s District 5 must register to vote by Jan. 19 to for the District 5 board seat. Veales is the incumbent vote in two important upcoming elections.
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