Ellen Ray

Cities, Equity, Banality.

Managing Director, @cityoftulsagov Design Studio.

[Ellen Ray @ellen_k_slay]

T-Town Home Catalog nearly ready for subscriptions 🙌
https://t.co/lRKN0izBwu

[Ellen Ray @ellen_k_slay]

¡[taqueros] unidos jamas seran vencido!

[Texas Monthly @TexasMonthly]

Grab your (taco) passport, y'all— we're going on a delicious adventure.

Miguel Cobos of Vaquero Taquero, in Austin, is rallying Texas restaurants to participate in his project benefiting immigration nonprofits. https://t.co/6p1rArZgBw

[Janette Sadik-Khan @JSadikKhan]

Farewell to our friend Donald Shoup, the guru who showed how parking can make and break a city. He was decades ahead of his time and we're still trying to catch up with him. The legacy of his life and his times will never expire.
https://t.co/R5xy1XAuSV

[Public Square @cnupublicsquare]

Tulsa Global District’s a new kind of Main Street:
The strategic plan for a commercial district with an international identity offers a new approach to suburban retrofit based on a string of parking lot transformations.
https://t.co/9Ce8H9lsI2

[NYC Sanitation @NYCSanitation]

In 1991, David Lynch showed the world the alienation and innate horror of a dirty street, directing this unforgettable anti-littering ad for the City of New York.

RIP to a visionary filmmaker and a pioneer of the Trash Revolution.

[Ellen Ray @ellen_k_slay]

@DanielKayHertz yep - replaced 2 roofs within the last 2 years! non-renewal only deepens prevailing institutional distrust due to brokelahoma's abysmal state-level assistance. both become fuel for a self-reliance mythos that in turn keeps taxes low, poverty levels high. https://t.co/l8NgR4MZGC

[Mike Simons @mikesimonsphoto]

City celebrates completion of Crosbie Heights murals
#tulsa
https://t.co/XujZtaC53Q

[Randy Krehbiel @rkrehbiel]

Interest in affordable housing partnership exceeds expectations https://t.co/wPyeDftpg9

[Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies]

YOU HEARD US!

[City of Tulsa @cityoftulsagov]

Calling all artists! The City of Tulsa is now accepting applications for Vision Arts 6 grants.

Nonprofits can request up to $50,000 to support arts projects that drive economic development in Tulsa—no private match required!

Important Dates:
>> Virtual Info Sessions: Oct. 15, Oct. 28, Nov. 15, Dec. 14
>> Grant Writing Workshops: Oct. 26 & Nov. 16
>> Application Deadline: Dec. 22, 5 p.m.

Learn more and apply at https://t.co/cu7f4QNggn

If you know an artist that may be interested, please share!

#Tulsa #CityofTulsa #VisionTulsa #TulsaArts #VisionArts6

[Ellen Ray @ellen_k_slay]

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[City of Tulsa @cityoftulsagov]

One of our adventurous young residents took advantage of the new accessible dock at Zink Lake last night. This new addition ensures that everyone can enjoy the lake’s scenic waters and all it has to offer. This best-in-class adaptive kayak launch helps increase dignity and freedom for individuals with mobility issues, while increasing accessibility and participation in water sports for adaptive paddlers.

Ready to take the plunge? You can use your own kayak or paddle board or rentals are available from 10 a.m. until sunset everyday!

[Alan Fisher @alanthefisher]

Thinking about how there's a dinky town of 16k pop in the middle of Oklahoma that has a real streetcar because the mayor used states funds to fix their sewer system with an ISTEA grant
And because it's a transit grant this streetcar has to be in daily service every day

[Kevin Canfield @aWorldofKC]

City announces plans for Route 66-themed hotel at Cry Baby Hill https://t.co/UdzzR5wmBN via @tulsaworld

[Civic Commons US @CivicCommonsUS]

Could local civic life save American democracy? Civic engagement and democracy expert @hrgilman thinks so.
Read this piece featuring insights from our recent conversation.
#democracy #civicinfrastructure @TheJPBFdn @knightfdn @kresgefdn @WilliamPennFdn
https://t.co/eyzMalcmpA

[Ellen Ray @ellen_k_slay]

Any housing authorities selling off aging highway-adjacent properties now attractive for luxury high-rises that also can’t get entitled elsewhere?

Holding my breath for the latter’s lobby to champion overdue anti-pollution land use reform for similarly sited low-income housing.

[Justin de Benedictis-Kessner @jdbk]

With all the attention on Harris v Trump in 2024, we sometimes forget about how under-represented women remain in *local* politics. Some takeaways from my research w/ @cwarshaw @DleasyPetes @YamilRVelez: https://t.co/WTBGt1B1sw

[Ellen Ray @ellen_k_slay]

@JTruesdell1 we're on it - stay tuned. art is part 1 of 3 intentional strategies to activate an otherwise underutilized piece of city-owned land.

[Ellen Ray @ellen_k_slay]

thoughts on the cry baby hill art process atm

[Ellen Ray @ellen_k_slay]

@JTruesdell1 many reasons: anticipation of route 66 centennial tourism in 2026 (and beyond), adding another "giant" scaled same as buck atom & co, and taking ancient unspent $ for a cool placemaking project that'll enhance economic development aims for this site.