Pearl District Association

IMPORTANT JUNE EVENTS

Pearl Farmers Market Every Thursday

Enjoy live music, a beautiful setting and the company of your neighbors at the Pearl Farmers Market as local farmers, chefs, and artisans offer fresh food and handmade specialties. Located at the east end of Centennial Park, the market is open 4:30p to 7p every Thursday through September 24. Visit the Market website for vendor information, entertainment schedule, and links to all things healthy and sustainable.

June 9 PDA General Meeting to Feature Community Gardens

The Pearl District Association General Meeting begins at 6p June 9 at the Boathouse (aka Central Center at Centennial Park). In addition to sharing the latest news from PDA's many working committees, the June meeting will feature Justin Pickard, a founding member of the Tulsa Community Garden Association. Justin will be discuss his experience with community gardens and share information about implementing a garden in the Pearl District. To view the meeting agenda click here. To view action points from the April meeting click here.

June 16 Urban Design Subcommittee

The East/West Pearl Urban Design Subcommittee will meet at 5:30p at 418 S. Peoria.

June 18 Deadline - PLANITULSA Needs Your Two Cents

Don't miss your opportunity to make a difference for years to come. June 18 is the deadline for casting your vote online at www.planitulsa.org for the scenario you think represents the our best plan for the future.

June 29 PDA Officers Meeting 5:30p at the Boathouse

June 30 Final Public Meeting on Elm Creek Basin Master Flood Plan

Don't miss this important date! The third and final public presentation on the design of Phase II Elm Creek Basin Master Flood Control Plan, which includes the East and West Pearl dentention areas and the 6th Street Canal, takes place at the Boathouse at 6p to 8p.

NEWS

Form-Based Codes Pilot Phase I. After years of diligent, persistant effort by the PDA to implement the progressive land use policy of Form-Based Codes in the Pearl District, the pilot is now underway. One of the nation's top consulting firms Ferrell Madden Lewis (FML) is under contract by the City to draft the implementation plan. The pilot, which was approved by Mayor Taylor in 2008, is funded with Central Park TIF money and facilitated by INCOG with input from the PDA and City planners. FML presented a program of land use and answered questions at a public meeting on April 9 at the Boathouse. Rich Fisher, host of KWGS' Studio Tulsa, interviewed FML principals Geoffrey Ferrell and Mary Madden on April 10. Listen to the broadcast here.

The historic Meadow Gold neon sign is now at home again on Route 66 -- this time in the Pearl District at 11th Street and Quaker. More info.

Pearl District Neighborhood Signs are up! The PDA applied for and was awarded a Vision 2025 Neighborhood Fund grant to obtain the signs.

Got Trees? Up With Trees has teamed up with the Metropolitan Environmental Trust and the Oklahoma Forestry Services to offer free tree saplings to the public. A variety of species are available, including loblolly pine, arborvitae, lacebark elm, bald cypress, several kinds of oak, redbud and more. The 1-year-old bare-root trees may be picked up 9-4 Monday-Friday at the Up With Trees Office at 1102 S. Boston www.upwithtrees.org.

PEARL DESIGN PLAN

Our mission: To reinvent the art of city life. See how we propose to redesign our neighborhood with a plan that resolves flood danger while transforming this near downtown district into a world-class model of sustainability, community, economic reinvigoration, and pedestrian-friendly lifestyle. View the astounding renderings here.

RECENT NEWS LINKS

"If You Want to Grow It, Show It - - PLANiTULSA puts voters to the test: How badly do Tulsans want to revamp their city?"

An excellent article by Michael Bates in Urban Tulsa May 6, 2009 Edition

"Urban Planning and Form-Based Zoning (as now being considered for Tulsa's Pearl District)"

On April 10, Rich Fisher, host of KWGS' Studio Tulsa, interviewed Geoffrey Ferrell and Mary Madden, two urban planning experts with the firm of Ferrell Madden Lewis, LLC. This firm has been recently commissioned by INCOG to examine Tulsa's Pearl District vis a vis form-based zoning codes. So what does this sort of zoning entail? And how does such zoning relate to other key concepts of cityscape design, neighborhood improvement, and urban planning? And where exactly is the Pearl District, anyway? An interesting interview that will appeal to anyone who cares about Tulsa's past, present, or future as "a great place to live."