Oklahoma City has always been a place where builders, dreamers, and doers come together to create something lasting. For Wayne Contracting, a locally owned construction management and general contracting firm, that spirit of collaboration and community pride defines both their work and their purpose.
Oklahoma City recently marked 1,000 days until the 2028 Summer Olympics and showcased the city's readiness and its commitment to providing a world-class hosting experience as part of the LA28 Olympic Games. LA28 will bring the Olympic and Paralympic Games to Los Angeles in 2028, uniting more than 15,000 of the world’s top athletes in a celebration of sport, culture and human potential.
Oklahoma City will celebrate a safer, more walkable Broadway Avenue as the Automobile Alley Streetscape project reaches completion. The city will hold a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. Nov. 25 on the southeast corner of Broadway Avenue and NW 9th Street. Mayor David Holt will lead the ceremony.
Thousands gathered in downtown Oklahoma City on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 11 a.m. at the intersection of North Robinson Avenue and West Main Street to dedicate the Clara Luper National Sit-In Plaza—a new landmark honoring Clara Luper and the original 13 students who sat down at a segregated lunch counter in 1958 at Katz Drug Store downtown.
Oklahoma City’s unemployment rate held steady in August, continuing a historic stretch of strong job performance across the metro. The OKC metropolitan statistical area (MSA) recorded an unemployment rate of 3.3%, improving from 3.0% in July (seasonally adjusted).
A new bronze monument at OKC Fair Park has been placed to honor Charles Gasham “Gristmill” Jones, a key figure in Oklahoma City’s early development and the Oklahoma Territory’s political history.
Oklahoma City leaders are preparing for one of the biggest moments in the city’s history—staging official events for the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
The Oklahoma City metro area posted a preliminary unemployment rate of 2.8% in May, up from a revised 2.4% in April. Despite the monthly increase, the metro continues a 46-month streak of unemployment below 4%, the longest such run in the city’s modern history.
