The Criminal Justice Advisory Council released its fourth annual report for Fiscal Year 2021 with noteworthy progress in several key areas.
City officials approved operator agreements for two of the projects included in MAPS 4 during a recent Oklahoma City Council meeting.
The pandemic affected nearly every industry sector worldwide. While some are obviously still struggling, one that is on the rebound locally is our visitor economy. And the benefits our economy is deriving from this activity are due to the investments we’ve made over the years that are attracting people and economic activity in this increasingly important sector.
S&P Global Ratings (Standard & Poor’s) and Moody’s Investor Services (Moody’s) have reaffirmed the AAA and Aaa ratings of the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust (OCWUT). The ratings place OCWUT among the top 7% and 5%, respectively, for municipal water and wastewater utilities.
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments recently released a study that showed the Oklahoma City area is in danger of violating federal ozone standards, which could ultimately cost the city anywhere between $9.6 billion to $15.2 billion over a 20-30-year period.
EMBARK officials recently released findings from the 2021 Transit Rider Survey for its fixed-route bus and OKC Streetcar services. Since 2016, satisfaction with EMBARK’s fixed-route bus service has increased by 9%, with 78% of customers reporting to be satisfied or very satisfied with the service. Satisfaction with EMBARK Norman bus services increased 2% since 2020 to 90%. OKC Streetcar customer satisfaction soared to 97%, a 17% increase since 2020.
Appearing on these types of lists is no accident. The City of Oklahoma City has proven to be responsive to residents, and not combative toward the business community. In fact, we are partners on many levels, and that shows in this latest example of our collective success.
This final edition of the 2022 Greater OKC Chamber Business Advocate encompasses major actions that occurred on Chamber priority issues.
