Greetings everyone. I am Rich and I just discovered this forum. I grew up in Oklahoma (Lawton, to be precise) and graduated from OU. I am currently up here in Wyoming where the wind always blows (almost 80 mph at the end of December). Much of my family resides in Oklahoma so I try to get back there every now and then. Boomer Sooner, and I wish they'd put Wyoming on their non-conference schedule.

Name is Grant Phillips, grew up in Clinton, OK. been in Edmond for almost 6 years. 23 yrs old. Just graduated from Oklahoma Christian and looking for a job in the oil and gas industry. I have been reading the forums for a few months and just signed up a month ago. I have a passion for OKC like no other and really appreciate the information that is posted on here. see ya around!

Hi everyone!

My name is Megan and I claim Ardmore as my hometown (though part of my childhood was spent in Sulphur, McAlester, Miami, and Ada as well). My husband and I are ECU alums who spent 7 years living in Texas after graduation while he was coaching college football. Three years ago, we decided to leave coaching and move back to OK to be closer to family. We now live in Chickasha with our two daughters. I found this forum while researching neighborhoods in OKC. Such a helpful resource!

Heya, hiya, helloya to everyone who has recently joined. Welcome to the fray.

Hello all. My name is Brian and I am a tax analyst with an oil in gas company i n OKC. I've been following Steve's blog for some time now and really enjoy all that is taking place here in Oklahoma City. Thunder up!

Welcome knigtrider!

You've already made some great posts... Keep it up!

Hi my name is Kyle cross, uh I'm 13 and just curious about the beast state I live in!

Hi my name is Dante Everheart, I'm 18 and born and raised in El Reno, Oklahoma. We are located about 20 minutes west of the Oklahoma City off i-40. I plan to attend OCCC to major in Computer Information Systems, then transfer to UCO. I have been on this site since last June but i used to get on here just to look at updated photos of the Devon Tower. I joined because I realize it gives me great info about the best city in the world now I love to get on this site every chance I get. :-)

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hello! PWM here, I'm colby, the owner of the studio. Just looking to network with some local musicians and studios.

Lisa here. Born and raised in west OKC, graduated from PC West in 1994, currently living in Bethany. I'm a teacher and Oklahoma history buff. And the little sister of member bluedogok.

Glad to see young people interested in the history of this great city!

Hello all. My name is Mel. Moved here from Millington, TN. after my dad retired USN. His second career was with the OCPD. Lived southside untill I went into the USAF. Moved back ss untill I moved to Mustang in 1980. Love this state. Gets hard to keep up with the changes as you grow older. This website helps.

Obligatory introductory essay: I'm Kristella, a violin-performance major at UCO, co-owner of Komarov Records, filmmaker, writer, and promoter. I'll be playing Paseo and Plaza art walk on the first and second fridays of the month (in good weather) and Komarov will be releasing three records on vinyl within the next few months. I've lived and participated in the city for only four years, but I'm finding myself around fairly well. Coming here to spy on urban development pictures and catch up on the Cheasapeake gossip.

Hey everyone, I am Logan and I am a high school student here in Oklahoma. I've lived here most of my life, we moved when I was one. I plan on going to OSU or UCO next year.

Hey to you, too, Logan! Welcome to the show!

Hey everyone, my name is Jake. I've lived just outside of NYC my entire life (just graduated from Rutgers University) but will be moving to Norman in early August to begin as a graduate student at OU's School of Meteorology. I'm cautiously excited to move to such a different place (I need to get used to not relying on public transportation!) than what I've always known, and it is great to see how much OKC is booming and on the up-and-up. I hope I can find myself at home in the Heartland. :)

(As a sidenote, I'm looking to PM somebody here but haven't been able to do so, perhaps because I accidentally deleted the confirmation email when I first registered. I've emailed the admin twice but have gotten no response. Does anyone have any advice on how to go about getting the PM system activated? Thanks!)

Hello. I moved to OKC about a year ago, and work downtown. I've loved reading this forum. I now know more about this city than a lot of people who have lived here their whole lives.

Welcome Mr. Cotter!

Check out my name and pic. That's all ya need to know.

The bars in bricktown need better selection like Coors, High Life, PBR etc. I'll be happy once they sell Coors in the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Hello friends,

My name is Mark Walker. I am professionally a writer and loves to interact with different people of different culture. i am passionate about cars and adventures. I also like to watch movies and to play video games. I am glad to be a part of this community and hope will find many friends here.

Thanks
Mark :)

Welcome Mark, Sonny and Mr. Cotter!
Mr. Cotter - I'm also a downtown worker - for nearly 30 years now.

I have lived in Oklahoma City for 4 1/2 years and I work for a local architecture/engineering firm. I am married to my wonderful wife and have two kids (both boys) and another on the way. I have been following OKCTalk since the Devon Tower construction cam, but lately decided to become a member.

Welcome TechArch!


We have way more lurkers / non-registered viewers than those that register and post. That's completely fine but it's always nice to see a convert! :)

Hey all,

I'm David, and I've lived in Edmond since 1995. I'm a recent graduate of Herbert W. Armstrong College up in north Edmond, and I'm looking for jobs at the moment. In my spare time I run a blog called the Edmond Man About Town cataloging the people, places, and events of the greater OKC area.

Looking forward to finding out more about this great city on your forums!

Welcome David!

Have posted a few times but just now came across this thread! So briefly: I'm a native of MI but came to OU (one of those national merit scholars in the commercials). Stuck around for medical school and left for residency but now I'm back and couldn't be happier. People asked why I wanted to leave Milwaukee and come back to OKC - I told them 1) better NBA team and 2) better Indian restaurants. Pretty easy decision. I love this forum and everyone who has such a passion for OKC which is really turning into a gem of a city. Looking forward to participating more!

Have posted a few times but just now came across this thread! So briefly: I'm a native of MI but came to OU (one of those national merit scholars in the commercials). Stuck around for medical school and left for residency but now I'm back and couldn't be happier. People asked why I wanted to leave Milwaukee and come back to OKC - I told them 1) better NBA team and 2) better Indian restaurants. Pretty easy decision. I love this forum and everyone who has such a passion for OKC which is really turning into a gem of a city. Looking forward to participating more!

Thanks for sharing your background and welcome to the forum.

Coincidentally, I was born in Milwaukee and go back every summer for a family reunion. I *love* that town and often say it's the most underrated city in the U.S. The weather stinks, but besides that it's a beautiful, historic and surprisingly urban town.


Always glad to see new people moving to OKC from elsewhere. With the booming economy, this is certainly happening more and more.

Thanks for sharing your background and welcome to the forum.

Coincidentally, I was born in Milwaukee and go back every summer for a family reunion. I *love* that town and often say it's the most underrated city in the U.S. The weather stinks, but besides that it's a beautiful, historic and surprisingly urban town.

Always glad to see new people moving to OKC from elsewhere. With the booming economy, this is certainly happening more and more.

Small world! I really liked Milwaukee when I lived there. Unfortunately it was during residency so I didn't get to really experience the city quite as much, but it still definitely had its charms. I had several friends who lived near the lake and it was beautiful - if only summer there wasn't so short! I'm really happy you can get Lakefront beer here in OKC though - that kind of makes up for being away!

I'm going to a wedding of a cousin at Lakefront Brewery in the spring! :)

I'm going to a wedding of a cousin at Lakefront Brewery in the spring! :)

Haha that's awesome - I didn't know they did weddings there but that makes perfect sense to do that. Have a wheat monkey for me!

Dale here. My first post. I already know some of the folks here who also post over on skyscrapercity.com

I'm a lifelong Floridian, currently living in Orlando, but intend to move to OKC, for a variety of reasons ranging from economy, to cost-of-living, to the sort of pride of place I pick up here (something I'd like to share in).

In any case, I'd like the move to materialize within the next very few months. I'm a fitness trainer, but anticipate that it would take awhile to build up a clientele in OKC. So, I'd be looking for a job of some sort to tide me over.

Is this the thread to talk about what I'd be looking for ?

Dale here. My first post. I already know some of the folks here who also post over on skyscrapercity.com

I'm a lifelong Floridian, currently living in Orlando, but intend to move to OKC, for a variety of reasons ranging from economy, to cost-of-living, to the sort of pride of place I pick up here (something I'd like to share in).

In any case, I'd like the move to materialize within the next very few months. I'm a fitness trainer, but anticipate that it would take awhile to build up a clientele in OKC. So, I'd be looking for a job of some sort to tide me over.

Is this the thread to talk about what I'd be looking for ?

Hi Dale,

There is an 'Ask anything about OKC' thread. You might put your request there. And Welcome !

New here, found this looking up info. My wife might be transferring down to OKC. Just wanted to see what people thought. Been doing lots of lurking. So far so good.

Hi all! My name is Jared and I'm glad to finally introduce myself on here. I have been a long time reader, but short time contributor. I am from NW OKC originally, but have been out of the state for a number of years. While I was away, I used this site to plan my move into DD. It was a tremendous help and for that I would to thank everyone on here for their contributions. I recently sealed the deal by purchasing a unit at CAV and love it. I look forward to adding to the site and getting to know everyone online as well as offline.

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Awesome! Congratulations on your Central Avenue Villas purchase.

I guess I've held out long enough so here goes: :)

My name is Lance and I'm a proud born-and-bred OKC'er (Mercy Hospital, c.1984). I spent a few years in D/FW (1994-2002) before moving back to Norman and earning my degree from OU in 2007. My wife and I just recently moved to Moore from southeast Norman and couldn't be happier. Being only 15 minutes from downtown now as opposed to 35+ has made us much more frequent visitors of my favorite part of the city. Considering I grew up with a very depressed downtown (and OKC in general) it has been exciting to see the growth the past few years and being a frequent user of OKCTalk certainly keeps my excitement at a fever pitch (on most days, haha). I am a golf professional at one of the metro's finest courses and work for TaylorMade Golf as well. If you have any golf questions, don't hesitate to shoot them my way! I look forward to what the future holds for this site, OKC, and the new OKC'ers I will meet along the way.

Kind regards. :smiley051

Hope you'll post more often, Lance.

Welcome!

Yo! I've lurked on this forum for a long time (almost 3 years apparently) and have never posted but check almost daily.

I live in Norman, work in OKC doing art/design stuff, I'm a craft beer nut (obviously) and have a great love for what I find to be our simultaneously wonderful and infuriating metro!

I'm amazed at the amount of information that can be found on this forum. I find it intimidating sometimes because my own awareness of local affairs is relatively recent and I struggle to comprehend the positions of some of the more informed folks here, much less form an opinion of my own. But I do know I love my OKC and my Norman and this forum helps me to stay informed so I can brag whenever I leave town! So, thanks for being OKC Talk!

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Welcome to the world of posters, OKCBrew! Glad to have you.

My name is Chase and I'm from Oklahoma City originally. I recently moved back to the metro from Michigan (Traverse City) to attend OU. I feel inclined to admit, like so many other introductory user posts, I have been lurking and keeping up with projects for over a year, and have finally mustered up the courage to start posting. Looking forward to it y'all ;)

Hey everyone, my name is Myles and I am 18 years old and proud to say I was born and raised in Oklahoma City outside of a few short and long stints in the Yazoo City, MS area. I am a senior at a smaller private school called Trinity School on 36th and Classen and have also attended Putnam City Original my freshman year and John Marshall my sophomore and about 1/4 of my junior year.

My username comes from me being big on blues and jazz as those are two big time music styles in Mississippi which is where all of my family is from, so I've embraced those styles of music. Most of my family is located in the central Mississippi area, mainly within an hours drive from Jackson but have an Aunt and Uncle in the Tupelo area as well as two cousins in the Tunica/Memphis area and even a few down on the coast. That's where "Mississippi Blues" came from.

I am enthralled with developments, both urban and suburban. My dream is to be a city planner of sorts and maybe even look into developing something of my own if everything goes in a positive manner. I like to say I am an advocate of the "new urbanism" movement although I do not know its history and origin. I love OKCTalk and everything it has to offer. I love being able to get on here and know what's going on in the city with just a click of a button. I have followed OKCTalk for quite sometime and keep up with most of the happenings. I am excited by the talk of a new tower in the works for downtown as well as what is going on down on the Oklahoma River, among many other things. The future is bright for OKC I believe and I'm beyond excited to be a part of the future here!!

Welcome Myles!

Love to see young people that are interested in OKC and city planning / development in general.

Hope you'll post frequently.

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Hey everyone!
My name is Andrew. I'm originally from the east side of the state, currently live in Stillwater after graduating from OSU. Right now commute to OKC every day for work. Planning to move here very soon. I've read the forum for a while and just decided to start posting. Looking forward to continuing to get great info from everyone here!

Welcome Andrew!

Always love to welcome former lurkers. :)


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Hey, everyone! I've been posting here for a while under the name "KilgoreTrout," a tribute to Kurt Vonnegut. I little bit inspired by Sid's positive and constructive presence on the forum I decided to use my real name. I believe this will cause me to be a more responsible and thoughtful poster (there are definitely posts I regret). Social networks like this can be a great place for advancing common good and posting under a pseudonym makes it more difficult to connect with others. Just thought I'd share the reason for my name change.

I am a native Tulsan who moved to Norman to attend OU in 2000. I lived in midtown OKC for only a year, but fell in love with the area and its potential. I definitely consider myself an urbanist and I love living in walkable, dynamic areas. I previously taught high school social studies at Westmoore High School before finishing my PhD and moving on to Wichita State University. No matter where I live Oklahoma will always be home.

Hello OKCTalk

I've been reading posts here for over two years but have never signed up. Time to finally jump into the fray.

A quick bit about myself, I have been living in Oklahoma for two years. Prior to that, I lived in SoCal working for a GIS software company (http://www.esri.com) for two years after finishing college from LSU. I'm originally from Baton Rouge and am a die-hard LSU fan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Sugar_Bowl) and Cajun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun_French) to the core. I love Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, dark humor, and all things groovy.

I can usually be found somewhere around Midtown. I live in The Cline on 10th and Harvey and am writing to you now from the 2nd floor of McNellies. Midtown is my favorite place in Oklahoma City and I'm blessed to have done my GIS research in picking my relocation from California to this district of the city. I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm engrossed by all things Midtown. You'll likely see me post a great deal of content specifically on Midtown news, development, community, organizations, business, individuals, and things in general.

I will be logging some ideas for Midtown development (some apply city-wide) on Neighborland.com (https://neighborland.com/cities/oklahoma-city). If you're into Midtown or civic engagement, please join up and post your ideas too.

You can find me on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/GeoGlyphics) rambling in 140-char snippets about this and that.

Looking forward to talking it up with you all. See you guys in the forums!

Best,

Matt

Welcome, Matt, and its always good to have another Walking Dead fan. Maybe we can get that thread jumping next season.

Thanks Sid. I'm really excited to see what OKC Gov and non-profits utilize out of the blossoming Civ-Tech industry. Open data, open planning, civic engagement apps, etc. Glad to know that you're working this in OKC.

I used to sell GIS software to local and state government in the Pacific Northwest and know how powerful gov2.0 initiatives can be. For example, Portland's Tri-Met has such an awesome open data structure that anyone can use their data and build Apps with it. The result from their open data policy is now the entire city benefits from really creative, useful Apps that anyone can download. I know that saved the city from having to pay a lot of money to have those built internally. (TriMet: App Center - Transit Tools for the Web and Mobile Devices (http://trimet.org/apps/)) I'm wondering if they ever finish the street-car system in OKC if our Gov will be as open as Portland's Tri-Met with their data.

Thanks Dan. Walking Dead Thread - I'm for it. I'll stay tuned.

McNellie's used to put Walking Dead on their TV's every Sunday.

Good to see another Midtowner on here...welcome to the neighborhood.

I've been having this conversation here for a while. We should catch up. The quick and dirty answer is we are getting it. The AVLs that are on the buses now are collecting the data and the vendor will be providing a GTFS feed. Let's grab coffee.

Sounds good. I'm for it Sid. I'm tinkering with some GIS data from the tax assessor right now.

Hello all!

Long time lurker. First time my poster. My name is Patrick. I've lived in OKC all my life. I'm a filmmaker and new business owner. I'm one of those who always thought he'd have to move away to have a film and video career. However, there always seemed to be just enough work in film and video to keep me around. With the growth of the industry-despite the film incentive going down-and the overall economic success of the city in general, I no longer feel like I need to move. I can stay here and do great.

A shameless plug for my work can be found here: patrickkirk.com (http://patrickkirk.com). A shameless plug for my new venture can be found here: indianheadpictures.com (http://www.indianheadpictures.com).

Staying involved and keeping tabs on what is going on with the future of the city is of great interest to me. I'm especially optimistic about Film Row and the Farmer's Market districts. I hope move my company to Film Row as soon as possible.

So, that's me. Look forward to interacting with all of you!

I never ventured over here when I started posting more, so here it goes.

My name is Brad and my family has been here about 4-1/2 years. I was transferred up here for my job from the mid-cities down in DFW, but I'm originally from a suburb in west Houston. As posted previously, due to my wife's previous job at the chamber, we were immersed in OKC from day one, which absolutely helped us get accustomed and acquainted with the local culture, mindset, and direction. The things I see right about here are the things I saw wrong in previous stops (Houston, Phoenix, and DFW). There, the cities were so big that they felt they could just snap their fingers to get employers, entertainers, etc to come to their knees to beg them to allow them to move to the city (and in Dallas' case, make fools of themselves and lose the Cowboys' stadium to Arlington). What I saw here from the get go, and during my wife's work on the MAPS 3 campaign, was a city that knew they had to work just a little bit harder than the next to get the attention, and for the most part, did, and it worked (and in my opinion is still working).

I work in the civil infrastructure field, mainly focusing on water/sewer/storm treatment and transmission. I know there are a few lurkers on here who know me, so what's up fellas :)

Hello. My name is Gene... true facts.

I'm about 33 years old. I grew up in Edmond, but moved to OKC when I was 18. I have a cottage west of the Plaza District by the Jimmy's Egg on May. My office and family are in Edmond, so I still go there a lot. Every summer I talk about moving somewhere cold, but before I can put my house on the market the heatwave ends and things go back to bearable. I do tend to romanticize Oklahoma. My father's family are farmers in W. OK, and they've been here since the land run and stayed through the dust bowl. I like the food and the relaxed atmosphere in OKC. I've traveled a bit, and though I've found places I want to live, it seems I'd be giving that up.

I can't remember what exactly brought me to this forum, but I ended up coming back from time to time. I'm seeing a lot of threads I want to post in, so I signed up. Looking forward to talking with you guys, but I can tell you up front I'm not going to get roped into political or religious topics.

Hey there! I'm Jill Brown DeLozier, Marketing Director for Downtown Oklahoma City, Inc. I'm excited to "officially" join the conversation after reading for years. Although I wasn't born here, I've lived in OKC since I was 3 months old, so I call myself a native. I've been at DOKC since July of 2011, and I can't wait to start sharing and learning more on OKCTalk. (And not surprisingly, the Spokies Bike Share convo inspired my first post.)

Hi, my name is BronchoSilverback and I'm an al--umm...wrong forum.

I live in Edgemere Park (since Spring 2000) but commute to Edmond and enjoy my daily smirking at the morning southbound 235 traffic jams. I'm from Columbus, Ohio originally, am an academic, and thus have no useful skills. I found the site looking for info about the new downtown school.

Fun fact: A few months after my wife and I moved to tornado alley, her former office in Circleville, OH got hit by a tornado during work hours.

I consider myself an Okie now although my persistent upper-Midwestern accent betrays me and I am always asked, "So, are you from this area?" I really enjoy the historic areas and the revitalization of the center city since I moved here has been both amazing and exciting.

My name is Kevin, I live in Moore. I work for IBM here in OK. I am 37 with a 10 years old daughter who I am raising by myself. We both play golf. She is better than me.

I have followed this site for a few years and decided register this week. My wife and I have lived in near north Historic Preservation neighborhoods since the late 70's. We've owned a business brokerage office in Oklahoma City for more than three decades. In addition, my spouse and son market health care systems to the medical community in a separate business. My daughter, son-in-law and grandson live in Texas. I may be able to provide insight into certain small business questions, as well as those involving the inner city.

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Welcome Ken!