Revisiting the Arkansas River's past
Tulsa World
By JANET PEARSON Associate Editor
Published: 9/26/20102:22 AM
Last Modified: 9/26/20104:21 AM
Mayor Dewey Bartlett's new plan to pursue Arkansas River development ensures that Tulsa's long, troubled love affair with the river will continue into the foreseeable future.
To be sure, lots has been done along our sleepy, prairie river. It's been transformed from an uninviting, even scary place to one of the region's most popular destinations.
But lots more could be done, if Tulsans could just get together on a big-picture plan.
It seems we Tulsans just have a commitment problem when it comes to our river.
In announcing his river crusade, Bartlett alluded to our checkered history of achievement. "Let us learn from what did not work before and try once again to harness the natural beauty that graces our doorstep," he said.
Good idea. Let's look back and see what we can figure out... FULL ARTICLE
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Sun, September 26, 2010
by Crystal Drwenski