Downtown Tulsa is on the move, but a consultant who's about to turn his preliminary plan over to the city, says it needs to gain speed.
The Downtown Master Plan is almost complete.
It is being presented to some city councilors Tuesday. The mayor brought in a consultant who once lived in Tulsa.
Consultant Jack Crowley says there are 30,000 people downtown from 8am to 5pm. He says its largest problem is 5pm to 8pm when those people go home. He hopes his homework and ideas will change that.
No matter where you live, work, or play there may be something you would improve.
"If you live here too long, you start having doubts about this city's potential. Tulsa has great potential," said Crowley.
Jack Crowley is the mastermind behind the Downtown Master Plan. It is almost complete after a year and a half of work.
"Rather than a consultant that comes to town and then leaves every month or so, I came here and stayed," said Crowley.
He moved into a downtown apartment, consulted with more than 700 people, came up with a plan for developing downtown Tulsa, and is presenting it to anyone who will listen.
It includes connecting what he calls one of Tulsa's best assets, the Arkansas river, to downtown, and says transportation, by train, transit and trolley is key.
Some people who frequent downtown like the idea of change.
"They are renovating a lot of new apartments and stuff down here, I think that's really good, as far as getting a lot more people to live downtown. That's gonna help out with the night life and the stuff on weekends," said visitor Cory Sloan.
Others want to know more.
"Right now, improving the roads or making it a bit easier to get around. I find myself preferring to go to Oklahoma City," said visitor April Chipman.
