Webinar: Anchors and Connectors for Small Town Success
On December 17, 2020, we hosted a free, public webinar via Zoom. Anchors and Connectors are key components for building a strong foundation of small town success. This workshop, co-sponsored by the Mayors’ Institute on City Design and the OU Institute for Quality Communities explored Anchors and Connectors with different perspectives.
Placemaking & Community Building During Covid-19
Much of the world's population is getting familiar with the term "social distancing" and what it means for daily life and personal well-being. This public health strategy in communities goes back a long time. More than 100 years ago, Oklahoma faced the...
Propose a Project 2020-21
Community assistance projects are a collaborative effort between the OU Institute for Quality Communities, Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, and representatives from communities in Oklahoma. Projects result in conceptual design and planning assistance....
IQC Hosts Mayor’s Institute on City Design
IQC hosted the Mayor's Institute on City Design for a regional session in Oklahoma City November 20-22. 7 mayors and 7 resource team members in fields related to design, planning, and development came together for two days of meetings. Each mayor brought a...
Guymon’s Curb Extension Pilot Project
In June 2017, an IQC team traveled to Guymon, Oklahoma at the invitation of the Texas County TSET Healthy Living Program. During our trip, we talked with community leaders and residents about low-cost improvements that might slow down traffic and make it...
Propose a Project in Your Community
Community assistance projects are a collaborative effort between the OU Institute for Quality Communities, Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, and representatives from communities in Oklahoma. Projects result in conceptual design and planning assistance....
Waurika Collaborates with IQC and OML
Thanks to the Waurika News Journal for allowing us to share excerpts from these articles covering a collaboration between Waurika, IQC, and the Oklahoma Municipal League. Please visit the full articles on the Waurika News Journal website. OU Partnership...
Oklahoma Arts Conference
Art, placemaking, and community development increasingly interact in our state. Over the years we have partnered with the Oklahoma Arts Council several times with programs like the Cultural District Initiative. The Oklahoma Arts Council also has a...
THE BEAUTY OF THE QUAKE
According to a paper published by John B. McFarland in November of 2015, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission which regulates oil and gas in the state, although skeptical at first, are now beginning to take actions concerning injection wells and induced quakes since...
Connecting communities through Urban Farming – Towards resiliency
Urban farming takes many shapes and forms; It is a shape shifter with high potential in rendering services to communities and cities not just by providing food, they contribute in economic growth, community building and improved health. According to the...
27 Hours in Vinita
Hello! My name is Goutam Vella, I am a landscape architecture graduate student and graduate assistant at OU Institute for Quality Communities. I am from India with a background in architecture, I am always fascinated with buildings and green spaces....
Visiting Blanchard’s Main Street
17 students in the Environmental Design Practicum course took on a special project in Blanchard, as part of partnership between the City of Blanchard, Oklahoma Municipal League, and Institute for Quality Communities. After several weeks of studying street...