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The library is governed by the 28-member Metropolitan Library commission: 13 of its members are appointed by the Mayor of Oklahoma City, 11 are appointed by various cities within the Library's service area, and one is appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Oklahoma County.
The Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library is a library affiliated with the Metropolitan Library System in downtown Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The four-story, 114,130 square-foot library, opened on August 17, 2004. [1] The building is named after former mayor Ron Norick, and cost approximately $21.5 million to construct. [2]
Interstate 240 (I-240) is an Interstate Highway in southern Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, that runs 26.8 miles (43.1 km) from I-344 (John Kilpatrick Turnpike) to I-40. The Interstate overlaps State Highway 3 (SH-3), the longest Oklahoma state highway, for most of its length and functions as a southern bypass around the Downtown area .
Library City or town Image Date granted [1] Grant amount [1] Location Notes 1: Ardmore Ardmore: Mar 20, 1903: $15,000 500 Stanley Street SW Current location of the Pansy Garden Club 2: Bartlesville Bartlesville: Apr 23, 1908: $12,500 7th and Osage Currently Law Offices 3: Chickasha Chickasha: Feb 12, 1903: $10,000 527 Iowa Ave Razed in 1963 4 ...
Oklahoma's education board has revoked the license of a former teacher who drew national attention during surging book-ban efforts across the U.S. in 2022 when she covered part of her classroom ...
Downtown Oklahoma City. Downtown Oklahoma City itself is currently undergoing a renaissance.Between the mid-1980s and 1990s, downtown was unchanged and largely vacant. It was the scene of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on 5th Street between Robinson and Harvey Avenues, caused by convicted domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh; most buildings within a 1-mile (1.6 km) radius ...
The Oklahoma Library Association (OLA) is a non-profit organization that promotes libraries and library services and provides professional development for library personnel in the state of Oklahoma. OLA is a chapter of both the American Library Association and the Mountain Plains Library Association . [ 2 ]
A number of other old alignments of US-66 are also present west of Oklahoma City. Interstate 40 Business (I-40 Bus., formerly US-66) in Erick is a business loop that runs from I-40 two miles (3.2 km) west of Erick to the old alignment of US-66, through Erick, and back to I-40 four miles (6.4 km) east of Erick. I-40 Bus.