A proposed $100 million project fell through last month. Bynum said the developer cited concerns about Oasis Fresh Market as a reason for not going forward with the project.
It s not Mayor G.T. Bynum s decision to make alone, but he said recently that he would be OK with developing the parking lot just east of the Tulsa Performing Arts
Some say the stores — disproportionately found in low-income, rural, and Black areas — stifle economic growth and job creation, and exacerbate food insecurity.
Starting this month, 35 aspiring and new business owners will participate in Grow Academy, an inaugural program put on through the Tulsa City-County Library. This series of free classes will
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One hundred years ago, the United States experienced two of the most bloody and destructive days in its history. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, dozens perhaps hundreds of blacks were murdered by white mobs, and three dozen city blocks, previously filled with bustling enterprises and civic life, were burned to rubble. This was racism at its worst in America. Yet there are lessons from those dark and painful days that should give us wisdom and hope for a better today and tomorrow.
In 1921, the Tulsa neighborhood of Greenwood was a shining example of progress and prosperity for blacks post-Civil War. The population of Tulsa had exploded by over 70,000 people from 1900 to 1920 due to the discovery of oil. Greenwood became home to 11,000 blacks. Racism was enshrined in strictly-enforced Jim Crow laws and segregation, yet blacks thrived by creating an independent community supported by and catering to the every need of its black residents.