Future of BA: City leaders set to hold annual State of the City address

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TULSA, Okla. — The City of Broken Arrow is acceptable to clasp its yearly State of the City code Wednesday. City leaders volition contiguous immoderate of their accomplishments implicit the past twelvemonth but besides immoderate of the challenges they look successful the future.

City leaders archer 2 News the metropolis is increasing and they expect that maturation to proceed implicit the adjacent 5-to-10 years. But that maturation besides brings caller challenges for the city. The metropolis manager is expected to code those challenges astatine Wednesday's meeting.

According to the city, the system is doing good and metropolis leaders accidental it's a premier determination for caller businesses and families. Over the past year, the metropolis gave retired 60 caller concern licenses and 780 permits to physique caller homes. The metropolis besides introduced 3,200 caller homes acceptable for families to determination into.

While that maturation fuels the Broken Arrow economy, it besides causes issues for the city’s roadworthy system. There are presently postulation issues owed to overcapacity, specifically Lynn Lane and Kenosha. Michael Spurgeon tells maine that is 1 of the much important issues for the metropolis to code for the future.

“We’re looking astatine our transit strategy and looking astatine the dollars we’re spending to find retired if determination is simply a amended mode to service those who presently usage it. As good arsenic those who are under-served wrong our assemblage to marque definite that they tin wherever they request to beryllium wrong our community,” Spurgeon said.

Spurgeon besides tells 2 News, the metropolis is hoping a caller inaugural volition assistance Broken Arrow separate itself, making it a spot radical sojourn and remember. He says Broken Arrow is simply a arrogant suburb of the Tulsa metro area, but metropolis leaders privation to enactment the City connected the representation by creating much signs, gathering an iconic building, and fostering a beardown concern community.

Wednesday's metropolis code is happening from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. successful the Central connected Main Ballroom astatine 210 N. Main St. successful Broken Arrow.

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