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 In the early 1990s, then Mayor Ron Norick proposed a revolutionary idea now known as Metropolitan Area Projects (MAPS) which promised to bring Oklahoma City back from the depths of recession and launch the city into a vibrant new era.
The idea was simple in nature and grand in vision. By addressing the lack of infrastructure that was viewed as an impediment to growth, MAPS would set the stage for private investment and growth. The MAPs proposal consisted of a one-cent sales tax levied for a five-year period of time with the funds used to build public venues that Oklahoma City needed to attract new, diversified business growth. The gamble was whether private investment would follow if the city built the public structures. The gamble paid off and MAPS proved to be a tremendous success, bringing approximately $3.1 billion in capital investments to Oklahoma City since the initial vote approving MAPS.
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With the Washington budget showing no signs of a quick-and-easy resolution, federal brownfields programs are unlikely to get much of …
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Brownfields and crop development—for the express intent of producing foods—are concepts that have always been strange bedfellows. Mutually exclusive. An…
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Kristina Smitten Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Principal of Smitten Group, serving private and public clients in the areas of brownfield redevelopment
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Brownfields Coordinator for the Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality
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Director, Urban Development Division, Ohio Dept. of Development
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In Michigan, some are predicting a better business climate for redevelopment and regulatory closure of contaminated properties thanks to a bill Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was scheduled to sign last week. The new regulations should have a positive impact on commercial real estate development and brownfields redevelopment resulting in the creation of jobs. |
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