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August 2006

Council to consider TIF operating agreement

The Norman City Council will consider a master operating agreement for the University North Park TIF No. 2 at its regular meeting Tuesday, taking the next step from the UNP TIF project plan approved May 23.
Courtesy of The Norman Transcript


Committee crafting TIF policy

Crafting a policy on how the city of Norman would deal with any future Tax Increment Financing Districts was the subject of the TIF Policy Committee Thursday.
Courtesy of The Norman Transcript


Norman city sales tax fails

Voters rejected Norman's temporary, five-year, half-cent sales tax Tuesday, after the Citizens for Financial Responsibility successfully campaigned against it by blistering city leaders on the lack of specific ballot language.
Courtesy of The Norman Transcript

 


Spring comeback likely for city's sales tax hike

Several of the opponents of this week's city sales tax election publicly said they were in favor of additional police and fire positions but wanted the expenditures spelled out on their ballot.
Courtesy of The Norman Transcript 


NOAA interns study real-world weather

Students interested in weather come to Oklahoma from across the country for college -- and for summer internships.
Courtesy of The Norman Transcript

 


Unlikely partners create fledgling weather enterprise

Officials say the new National Weather Center and associated private research companies popping up on the University of Oklahoma’s south campus are not random accidents of good fortune.
Courtesy of The Norman Transcript

 


MNTC moving forward with new building

Moore Norman Technology Center is going to the market and may return with proposals for a new building and facility signage as the Board of Education approved the solicitation of bids at its regular meeting last Thursday.
Courtesy of The Norman Transcript

 


Norman Regional becomes model for employee satisfaction

Norman- Six years ago, employee satisfaction at Norman Regional was in poor health.
Courtesy of The Journal Record

 


Sparks beats Emrich by a hair

If the state Senate District 16 Democratic primary vote was down to the wire last month, the runoff Tuesday was down to the hairline.
Courtesy of The Norman Transcript

 


Facility Program Management Inc. to design district facility plan

The path for Norman Public Schools into the next decade may be Facility Program Management Inc.'s to crave out as the firm was recommended as the designer for a district facility master plan.
Courtesy of The Norman Transcript


SouthWest NanoTechnologies receives license

Norman- Norman-based SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. has been granted a nonexclusive license by NEC Corp., based in Tokyo, for the carbon nanotube.
Courtesy of The Journal Record

A Novel Way to Reduce Home Energy Bills

In the latest bid to trim energy bills, some consumers are harnessing wind power in their own backyards-as long as their neighbors don't balk.
Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal


Oklahoma Applied Research Support (OARS) Program

OCAST Preparation Workshops are beginning for the Oklahoma Applied Research Support (OARS) Program.

 

 


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