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From YouTube: 2023 OKC State of the City
Description
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt delivers the annual "State of the City" address. Be informed about Oklahoma City's key projects and initiatives and be inspired about its future development and opportunity.
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Means
Oklahoma
City
has
nearly
religion
in
my
lifetime.
Our
economy
is
still
strong,
our
unemployment
is
still
lower,
City
sales
tax
receipts
are
still
healthy
and
bond
rating
is
still
the
highest
level,
and
our
residents
still
tell
us
in
every
poll
in
every
election
that
they
remain
optimistic
about
our
future
and
please,
with
our
Direction.
In
fact,
in
our
City's
most
recent
scientific
citizen
survey,
we
found
that
just
under
70
percent
of
our
residents
think
we
are
heading
in
the
right
direction
and
only
12
percent
think
we
are.
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Year
I
talked
a
lot
about
the
film
industry,
which
this
past
year
saw
the
opening
of
our
City's
first
film
and
creative
Industries
Office.
Our
visitor
economy
continues
to
grow
the
economic
impact
of
this
convention
center
surged
93
from
20
2021
to
2022,
and
this
building
was
in
use
317
days
last
year.
We're.
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Development
around
fam,
Oklahoma
City
continues
to
emerge
as
a
national
capital
for
Native
and
Indigenous
people.
Thanks
to
the
Catalyst
investment
we
made
in
fam
and
long-standing
events
like
sovereignty,
symposium,
the
Oklahoma,
City
National,
Memorial
Museum
continues
to
help
us
have
better
conversations
and
they
introduced
a
new
video
this
year
to
introduce
the
events
of
1995
to
older
elementary
and
middle
school.
Kids.
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Past
year
we
opened
the
second
half
of
our
remarkable
scissortail
Park.
This
is
a
real
Jewel
and
it
was
exciting
to
finally
have
all
70
Acres
open.
We
have
two
senior
wellness,
centers
left
one
Northeast
and
one
far
south,
and
they
will
open
this
calendar
year.
Another
absolutely
project,
the
White
Water
facility
at
the
center
of
riversport,
has
had
another
banner
year,
attracting
National
and.
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8
000
residents
showed
up
at
the
opening
of
the
incomparable.
Myriad
speakers
at
the
ceremony
called
the
building,
a
Visionary
achievement
and
a
beacon
of
a
new
adventure
for
Oklahoma
City.
Three
days
after
opening
the
Myriad
hosted
its
first
basketball
game,
an
American,
Basketball,
Association,
regular
season
game
between
the
Dallas
chaparrals
and
the
Memphis
tans.
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Half
a
mile
in
this
town
without
seeing
a
logo
or
a
name
that
reminds
you
of
the
Thunder's
philanthropy
and
that's
just
the
capital
projects,
they're
shopping,
sprees
and
book
bus
giveaways
and
non-profit
donations
and
food
donations
and
mentorship
programs
and
scholarships
and
documentaries
and
public
appearances,
sometimes
change
lives
and,
at
the
very
least,
raise
the
morale
of
our
community.
We're
supportive
veterans.
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By
Clay,
Bennett
are
long-time
Oklahoma
City
Champions,
and
they
understand
what
is
possible
and
what
isn't
we
understand?
They
have
to
operate
within
the
demanding
structure
of
the
global
business
they
brought
to
our
city
and
they
understand
our
Dynamics
as
well.
They
are
working
shoulder
to
shoulder
with
us
every
day
to
find
a
path
forward
that
secures
this
long-term
relationship
for
another
generation.
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Community
work
will
be
reflected
in
this
building.
The
bar
will
also
be
raised
inside
the
building.
Obviously,
the
square
footage
will
be
much
larger,
but
everything
about
the
user
experience
will
change.
I
remind
you.
Only
two
current
NBA
arenas
were
built
before
their
cities
had
an
NBA
team.
Ours
is
one
this.
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Response
to
a
successful
vote
in
the
commitment
of
a
new
Arena
by
the
people
of
Oklahoma
City,
we
will
secure
a
long-term
lease
with
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
and
the
NBA
longer
than
the
initial
commitment
we
received
in
2008..
Our
status
as
a
Big
League
City
will
be
secure
for
another
generation
on
the
court,
we'll
get
to
see.
Shea
Getty
check,
Jalen
and
Dort
realize
their
full
potential,
but
even
more
importantly,
we'll
get
to
see
the
version
of
our
Thunder
team
that
comes
next
and
the
one
that
comes
after
that
and
the
one.
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With
this
new
lease,
we
will
secure
for
another
generation
to
direct
an
indirect
economic
impacts
that
come
from
the
team,
the
City
Identity,
the
global
platform,
the
philanthropy
and
all
the
other
ancillary
benefits
that
we
have
talked
about
today
and
with
an
arena
of
this
caliber
will
dominate
in
a
concert,
business
as
well,
and
perhaps
most
special
of
all.
We
will
still
come
together
as
one
OKC
to
cheer
our
team
with
the
passion
that
unites
us
as
a
community.
We
will
give
Mike
a
high
five.
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After
approving
the
funding
for
Municipal
Auditorium,
our
residents
approved
the
funding
for
the
myriad
31
years.
After
approving
the
funding
for
the
Marriott,
our
voters
approved
the
funding
for
The
Ford
Center,
and
now
that
was
30
years
ago
for
the
last
century,
every
three
decades
Oklahoma
City
residents
made
the
decision
to
build
a
new
Arena,
because
our
aspirations
and
our
growth
and
the
realities
of
national
competition
have
demanded
it.
We
didn't
come
this
far
since
1927
to
stop
now.
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We
have
the
same
obligation
and
opportunity
as
our
ancestors
to
leave
this
city
better
than
we
found
it.
I,
don't
think
for
a
moment,
but
the
residents
of
1927,
1962
or
1993
had
more
Vision
than
us.
This
is
our
generation's
chance
to
leave
our
Legacy
on
Oklahoma,
City's,
Renaissance
story,
and
all
we
have
to
do
is
invest
in
ourselves,
as
we
have
done
so
many
times
before.
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We
will
have
a
final
agreement
and
proposal
for
you
by
the
end
of
this
summer.
The
people
in
this
room
and
many
thousands
more
Will
Champion
this
Mission
across
their
City.
The
mission
focused
voters
of
the
city
will
approve
it
as
they
have
before,
because
they
believe
in
Oklahoma
City
and
before
the
end
of
this
year,
we
will
have
secured
our
future
I
told
you
at
the
beginning
that
we
get
work
done
at
these
gatherings
and
I
think
I
kept.
My
word
this
was
a
wave
discussion.