KRMG: Simon Malls releases more information on proposed outlet mall

Premium outlet mall details released

The project will be built in two phases. The first phase of the build out will be approximately 318,000 square feet and an additional 82,000 square feet will make up the second phase for a total of 400,000 square feet.

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Blog: YogisDen – Sunday Morning Run on Turkey Mountain

Sunday Morning Run on Turkey Mountain

It was a great workout Running by myself I get a little lazy. A group takes you out of the laziness.

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Blog: YogisDen – Our World – Sunday Afternoon on Turkey Mountain

Our World – Sunday Afternoon on Turkey Mountain

Cold weather is coming but Sunday is warm. I put the Cowboys vs Jaguars game on DVR and we loaded up and drove to Turkey Mountain for a little outing on the Lollipop and Zoi trails.

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Tulsa World: In the end there can be only one

Don’t expect three new outlet malls, Tulsa officials say

“There is not going to be three outlet malls; there is only going to be one,” City Councilor Skip Steele said last week.

The question for the city, Bird said, is to determine whether it is prudent to provide financial incentives to the developers and, if so, what kind.

Typically, those incentives come in the form of sales-tax reimbursements, Tax Increment Finance Districts or a similar funding mechanism, for the construction of public infrastructure.

“So it really is a race against time and where it is going to go,” Steele said. “It is really important that we get it (the outlet mall) in Tulsa first, because it is $4 million in sales tax on an annual basis that goes into the city’s general fund.”

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Blog: YogisDen – The Great Tulsa Campout at Turkey Mountain

The Great Tulsa Campout at Turkey Mountain

If you know anything about me then you know that I love Tulsa’s Turkey Mountain Wilderness Park. A sizeable plot of land in Tulsa right on the Arkansas River. It contains miles of trails for people who like to walk, hike, run, bicycle, unicycle, geocache, picnic, and other things. The one thing you can’t do legally on Turkey Mountain is camp. Saturday night though the Great Tulsa Campout was held. One night this year where one could go camping. So I bought a pass, signed up to volunteer and headed for the mountain.

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