Go Vote!

Today is Primary Day for Tulsa municipal offices. Many of the races have only challengers in the primary, so Districts 2, 5, and 8 will be decided today in the primary election.
Polls are open until 7pm and you have, by law, the right to take up to 2 hours off work to go cast your [...]

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Tulsa Health Department Releases County Health Improvement Plan

The Tulsa Health Department has released its first draft of the Community Health Improvement Plan for public review and comment. The document, which culminates the Department’s Pathways to Health community planning initiative, identifies six strategic objectives to improve the health of Tulsa County citizens:

Decrease the prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity
Improve affordability and availability of [...]

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Community Foundation Head Seeking Council Seat

The Tulsa World reports that Phil Lakin, executive director of the Tulsa Community Foundation, has announced his campaign for Tulsa City Council, District 8. He will challenge incumbent Bill Christiansen in the Republican primary.
Lakin, also a Republican, said his primary responsibility as a councilor would be to represent the specific needs of the citizens, neighborhoods [...]

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Time Running Out on PLANiTULSA

If you haven’t already reviewed the PLANiTULSA scenarios and submitted the short feedback survey, then you’re doing a serious disservice to the city you call home. The deadline to participate is TOMORROW, June 18.
Seriously, this is your chance to register your vision for our future before who-knows-what will happen in the hands of the [...]

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Improve Your Digs at the Working in Neighborhoods University

The City of Tulsa’s Working in Neighborhoods department (WIN) will be offering free classes on a variety of topics throughout the summer and fall to help improve your neighborhood. All classes will be held at the Central Center at Centennial Park, 1028 E. Sixth Street. Contact the WIN Department liaisons at 596-1292 to RSVP.
May 21, [...]

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Health Department Identifies Tulsa Neighborhood Needs

The Tulsa Health Department’s Pathways to Health program is a community planning process for improving the health and quality of life in neighborhoods across Tulsa. Part of the process was an extensive survey, which they have used to identify priorities and strengths in every Tulsa zip c0de. You can view the priorities for your area by [...]

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“Nudging” the Printer

Mayor Kathy Taylor announced that the city’s printers will now be set to two-sided printing by default, saving an estimated (and astounding!) $41,400 per year. This is a great example of what Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein call “nudges.”
One well-known nudge is default enrollment into 401(k) programs, which can boost enrollment rates up to 90 [...]

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Friday Jobs Blogging

A couple workforce-related items to bring our week to a close:

Workforce Oklahoma saw twice as many job-seekers in December as they did in the prior month.  They saw 3,000 in December. (Not sure if that’s statewide or just in Tulsa.) The unemployment rate has climbed from one percentage point since September, from a low of [...]

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More Public Sector Blogs in Tulsa

The brave men and women who keep Tulsa safe have found time to blog…
Tulsa Police Department – offers news reports, safety tips, department reports, and more.

Tulsa Fire Department – okay so I know I came across their blog just a couple of days ago, but now I can’t find a link to it anywhere. So [...]

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Another Tulsa Non-Profit Blog

I like to recognize other blogs by Tulsa social service agencies and the like (there aren’t many!), so here’s a shoutout to the Tulsa Community Voice Mail Blog. TCVM is a program operated by the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless that:
offers free voice mail service to Tulsans in need, keeping them connected with employers, [...]

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