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THE DIGITAL MAGAZINE OF OKLAHOMA CITY<br />
WHY-FI<br />
BEHIND THE WORLD’S<br />
LARGEST NETWORK<br />
SPEND CITY<br />
RETAILERS RUSH IN<br />
LONG BEACH<br />
BOEING JOBS<br />
NOW LANDING IN OKC<br />
CULTURAL<br />
CAPITAL<br />
AN EFFERVESCENT<br />
ARTS SCENE<br />
CINDERELLA<br />
THE RECESSION-PROOF RENAISSANCE<br />
CITY<br />
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CINDERELLA CI<br />
This is a transformative tale of instinct and<br />
imagination, teamwork, timing and yes, luck.<br />
But the real trick is to make the magic last —<br />
and for more than a decade, we have.<br />
Residents and reporters of every stripe can recite the miraculous<br />
highlights of a renaissance that began in the late ’90s and just keeps<br />
going: The citizen-funded MAPS projects, the sleek new Oklahoma River’s<br />
status as the U.S. Olympic Training Site for rowing and kayak. There’s the<br />
fairy tale that led to this city’s pride and joy: the NBA’s Thunder. <a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=1"> THE DIGITAL MAGAZINE OF OKLAHOMA CITY </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=2"> CINDERELLA CI This is a transformative tale of in</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=3"> ITY</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=4"> Like Cinderella before the ball, Dale Chihuly’s s</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=5"> CINDERELLA CITY But it’s the strength and stabili</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=6"> Impressed by OklahOma CIty’s dIstI</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=7"> Th</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=8"> IMPRESSED BY OKLAHOMA CITY’S DISTI</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=9"> oeing Growing With the growth of Boeing</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=10"> B oeing is the world’s lead</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=11"> G N I E It would be difficult to name an Ame</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=12"> engineers, they could never deliver. So, could OK</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=13"> Boeing's Other Key Concern: Education Options Con</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=14"> G N I E O B “MAKING A DECISION LIKE THIS IS NEVE</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=15"> INCOMING BOEING EMPLOYEES ENJOY A RANGE OF HIGH-P</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=16"> B O E I N G FOR COMPANIES SEEKING TO IMPROVE THE</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=17"> jet bomber. The U.S. Air Force still has 67 B-1s </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=18"> Th</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=19"> y Oklahoma City has the world’s largest Wi-Fi net</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=20"> In Joel Kotkin’s recent Wall Street Journal a</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=21"> ``... the era of bigger-is-better is passing as s</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=22"> VIDEO: SCHAD MELDRUM IT DIRECTOR, CITY OF OKLAHOM</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=23"> INCONSPICUOUS WI-FI TRANSMITTERS LIKE THIS ONE PR</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=24"> from resorting to a more costly and time-consumin</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=25"> For the first time, advanced monitoring throu</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=26"> dense network, et.” “If you have a you c</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=27"> OKC’S NEWEST NETWORK MAKES ALL ITS OTHERS—LIKE TH</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=28"> T LTIPLI Here, we tour a series of shining urban</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=29"> Sure enough, she found excellent wines at fiv</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=30"> MULTIPLICITY M Rock School of </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=31"> alma mater, and he now serves as the program dire</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=32"> GAILL OKC’S O Y ARDIA COUNTRY CLUB NEWEST</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=33"> olf reater courses such as Lake Hefner and Lincol</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=34"> N United's Golden Gate to San Francisco ew nonst</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=35"> NONSTOP SERVICE TO & FROM OKC BEGAN AUGUST 29; WI</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=36"> O Making Ideas Work Oklahoma City's Emerging Ent</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=37"> MULTIPLICITY The hurdles to get even this f</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=38"> JOHN-PAUL RETAIL DESIGN IN KOBE, JAPAN </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=39"> VESTIBULE AT NORTHPARK STORE, DALLAS It’s hard </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=40"> C U LT U R OKC MUSEUM OF ART FEATURES 3,600 PI</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=41"> L CAPITAL OKC’s continuing and widely report</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=42"> VIDEO: OKC MUSEUM OF ART SCENIC TOUR</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=43"> Newcomers and visitors are generally surpris</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=44"> NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN H</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=45"> and includes a comprehensive collection of glass </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=46"> ARTS COUNCIL OF OKC With a stellar calendar of an</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=47"> “TO REALIZE THE RICHNESS OF THE ARTS WORLD HERE W</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=48"> THE OKC BALLET FEATURES STANDOUT DANCERS FROM EUR</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=49"> signature holiday concerts, innovative programmin</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=50"> “10 GREAT PLACES TO SEE THE LIGHTS WAY OFF BROADW</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=51"> VIDEO: MARY ANN PRIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CITY AR</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=52"> THE PASEO DISTRICT’S STREETS ARE LINED WITH </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=53"> THE PASEO GALLERIES The Paseo District houses wor</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=54"> HARTEL DANCE GROUP Austin Hartel has traveled the</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=55"> “A DOSE OF PURE REVIVIFYING OXYGEN.” — Jennifer D</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=56"> Suffice to</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=57"> RECESSION-PROOF RETAIL ITY</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=58"> THE NATION’S LARGEST NEW RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJE</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=59"> ON A WHIM GORDON STUART </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=60"> RETAIL AT FULL SAIL Exciting destination shopping</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=61"> ROUTE 66 BOUTIQUE MR. OOLEY’S PENN SQUARE </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=62"> UPTOWN KIDS VIDEO: UPTOWN KIDS FASHION FOR THE</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=63"> CLASSEN CURVE REPUBLIC What’s shopping wit</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=64"> BALLIETS: BORN- </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=65"> </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=66"> “OKC shoppers spend 21% more on apparel, sh</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=67"> “I'm seeing interest and scouting vis</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=68"> Gordon Stuart recently launched its </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=69"> VIDEO: HOWELL GALLERY AN ART HAVEN ON WEST</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=70"> STORING UP: AEROPOSTALE • ANN TAYLOR LOFT • A REP</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=71"> NOTABLE RETAILERS ARRIVING OR OPENING A NEW LOCAT</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=72"> ENTREPRENEURIAL VISION, RETAIL DIVISION </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=73"> Hobby Lobby started in 1972 as an unassuming 300-</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=74"> WHOLE FOODS AT CLASSEN CURVE</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=75"> Five-Star Harvest Five fresh food concepts arrive</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=76"> This wave of new arrivals reflects strong demand. </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=77"> SUNFLOWER MARKET N O D </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=78"> FORBES, ABC NEWS THE LATEST TO HIGHLIGHT OKC</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=79"> FEATURE I f the national reces</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=80"> FEATURE Living Large: Life.Style. Oklahoma City</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=81"> Heritage Hills, Oklahoma City Experience OKC’s or</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=82"> FEATURE Living Large: Life.Style. </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=83"> </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=84"> FEATURE Living Large: Life.Style. Edmond These </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=85"> </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 86" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=86"> More Energy Downtown Continental R</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=87"> ENOGEX ARRIVING THIS OGE ENERGY CORP. COMP</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=88"> ``It's a great spot to relocate near other indust</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=89"> INCONSPICUOUS WI-FI TRANSMITTERS LIKE THIS ONE PR</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=90"> A NEW CROP OF KUDOS FOR OKC ACCLA1M</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 91" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=91"> ACCLA1M “ What is clear is that well-established</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 92" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=92"> OKLAHOMA CITY 3</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 93" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=93"> ACCLA1M Newsweek June 13 & 20, 2011 SURVEY Ho</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 94" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=94"> OKC’s exciting environment for emerging companies</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 95" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=95"> ACCLA1M </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 96" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=96"> </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 97" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=97"> ACCLA1M TOP 10 BEST CI TO FIND (GREAT! M</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 98" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=98"> TOP 10 SMALL BUSINESS VITALITY RANKING — The Bus</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 99" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=99"> TOP 20 NEXTBOOM TOWNS July </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 100" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=100"> Federal Courts Building, Downtown OKC Alphabetica</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 101" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=101"> ACCLA1M 2 IN THE TOP 10 “BEST LARGE COMPANIES </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 102" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=102"> </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 103" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=103"> ACCLA1M </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 104" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=104"> Across ALL pro sports in America — football, base</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 105" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=105"> ACCLA1M TOP 20 FASTEST-GROWING CITY FOR KIDS 5- T</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 106" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=106"> ROLL OVER LABELS FOR AN UP-CLOSE LOOK AT PARK FEA</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 107" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=107"> BY THE NUMBERS: HORTICULTURE EXPANSION: 400% NEW </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 108" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=108"> WEST COAST CAMPAIGN The ads target C-suite execut</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 109" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=109"> NBATHUNDERSTRUCK B I G - L E A G U E C I T Y : Th</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 110" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=110"> #1 IN CAPITAL GAINS “THE NATION’S #1 GSP GROW</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 111" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=111"> GROWING ROWING WORLD’S LARGEST WI-FI #1 PLACE</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 112" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=112"> P O P U L AT I O N C H A N G E 2 0 0 15% </a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 113" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=113"> GREATER E nthu</a>
<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 114" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=114"> AVERAGE NET WORTH $300K $350K </a>
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<a title="VeloCity Vol. 2 page 116" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8537a56a?page=116"> Austin. Princeton. We’re seeing a s</a>