What should they build in Sand Springs?

[breitee]

What types of restaurants, retail, housing, etc.?

[sgrizzle]

I look at how cities along the river are developing. Jenks is concentrating on retail. Tulsa is concentrating on public parks and facilities. Sand Springs could focus their downtown/river plan on on family activities. Kids parks, splash pads, and museums. Either that or they could go for the small town store, crafts and antique market that Jenks was once interested in.

[Kiah]

More of the same, forever and ever . . . .  Amen.

[waterboy]

I would like to see them concentrate on entertainment. Both traditional and extreme. Discoveryland is nearby, so is a casino. SS has beauxcoups young people and solid sports demand. They have a BMX dirt track, softball fields already. Would love to see them use the new lake as leverage to get an amusement park, go cart track etc. The stuff other parts of the river need to artificially build, like rock climbing and amphitheatres and kayak runs already exist naturally in their area. They should build on the outdoor adventure theme.

[Double A]

Maybe they should do what Eureka Springs did to increase tourism?

Eureka Springs Marijuana Measure Passes

Eureka Springs (AP) - Eureka Springs voters have approved a measure to de-emphasize the arrest and prosecution of those caught with less than an ounce of marijuana. In Tuesday's voting, 63 percent of those casting ballots in the northern Arkansas resort town supported the proposal.

Election officials in Carroll County didn't finish tabulating votes until yesterday because of problems with early and absentee ballots. According to complete but unofficial returns, 598 people supported the measure and 345 people opposed it.

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by Double A
Eureka Springs Marijuana Measure Passes

Eureka Springs (AP) - Eureka Springs voters have approved a measure to de-emphasize the arrest and prosecution of those caught with less than an ounce of marijuana.

Election officials in Carroll County didn't finish tabulating votes until yesterday because of problems with early and absentee ballots.

They probably had to stop counting ballots a couple of times to get a cure for their munchies.

[Ibanez]

Eureka Springs is quickly turning into a throwback style hippie commune.

My wife and I have been going there for years, at least once a year, and starting in 2005 we began to notice how many more "artistic types" as she puts it were setting up shop and roaming about.

Sadly a lot of the unique shops over there are now gone and most of what is left are either overpriced art galleries or flea market style crap.

[perspicuity85]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

Maybe they should do what Eureka Springs did to increase tourism?

Eureka Springs Marijuana Measure Passes

Eureka Springs (AP) - Eureka Springs voters have approved a measure to de-emphasize the arrest and prosecution of those caught with less than an ounce of marijuana. In Tuesday's voting, 63 percent of those casting ballots in the northern Arkansas resort town supported the proposal.

Election officials in Carroll County didn't finish tabulating votes until yesterday because of problems with early and absentee ballots. According to complete but unofficial returns, 598 people supported the measure and 345 people opposed it.

I would support that.  It costs local governments more to prosecute petty marijuana offenses than they get in return from fines.  The funny thing is, the states with the most strict marijuana laws are the same states with the highest cigarette smoking rates!