OKLAHOMA CITY FILM DISTRICT MARCH MEETING INVITATION

The Oklahoma City Film District Task Force will host its Visioning and Design meeting Thursday, March 2, 2006 in Oklahoma City, from 5:30pm-8:15pm. The meeting, second of three, will be held in the Basement Conference room of Claim Management Resources (CMR), at 615 N. Classen Blvd. The building is located between Western and Classen and NW 5th and 6th streets. Enter through the north door and take the elevator to the basement. Vending machines are on site. All interested stakeholders are invited to attend these and future planning sessions. Stakeholders are those who live, work, or own property in the district, as well as those that simply have an interest in its future development.

This March meeting will focus on design and vision charettes featuring eleven facilitators, architects, landscape architects, designers and students from the University of Oklahoma who will create concepts from stakeholder ideas. The agenda will focus on gateways, streetscaping, sidewalk, crosswalk and intersection enhancements, building facades, parking, green space, and more. The meeting will further explore ways to revitalize the district through use of space, transparency of street-level structures, walkability, security, and marketing the historic character related to the area's film history through design standards and improvements.

This March meeting is considered the most important of all three planning sessions and will run longer than the first. Please, plan to snack or eat prior to attending. Vending machines and Starbuck's Coffee®, compliments of Civic Center's Café Bravo, will be available.

The January meeting focused on Brainstorming the Opportunities with over seventy attendees. The last of these three planning sessions will focus on Participatory Editing sometime in April or May. The result of these three planning sessions will be a cohesive plan document outlining the stakeholders’ vision of the steps needed to improve property values, while also creating a solid foundation for attracting new development, businesses and public amenities.

The Oklahoma City Film District Task Force formed in June 2004 and has worked toward creating a new downtown Film District within Oklahoma City geared toward motion picture and music infrastructure support & production, while preserving the area's unique historical film structures and history. For further information visit www.okfs.org.


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FILM DISTRICT PLANNING NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

The Oklahoma City Film District Task Force presents the first issues of its monthly district planning newsletter, THE ROW. Each monthly issue can be found at http://www.okfs.org/news/

THE ROW was created to keep area stakeholders, investors, and other interested parties informed about the proposed Film District, its history, and planning processes. Contact and contribution information is available in every issue. For questions or comments, contact its editor, Bradley Wynn at bradley@okfilmproject.com.


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ONLINE FILM DISTRICT FORUM

An online forum has been established on the Oklahoma Film Society's message board, THE CAN for discussion about the new proposed downtown Film District. Interested parties are encouraged to visit the following web address to participate: www.okfs.org/thecan. Register, log in, and begin or join discussions in the table titled: Oklahoma City Film District Planning. Registration and use of this message board is always free.

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Available documents for this release upon request or at www.okfs.org. (Look at bottom of release article):

Film District Meeting Invitation
Film District Map
Film District Logo