2015 Placemaking Conference

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Atlanta BeltLine: A Storytelling Event

During the Spring 2024 semester, the Institute for Quality Communities, Environmental Design Practicum, and Interior Design Studio IV students worked in collaboration with the community of Taft; one of Oklahoma’s 13 surviving Black townships and what was once a...

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Quality Communities Retreats

This fall, we hosted a new program called the Quality Communities Retreat sponsored by the Mayors' Institute on City Design and Oklahoma Municipal League. Between two retreat sessions, we gathered representatives from eight Oklahoma communities, along with...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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