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Tulsa’s New ‘Destination Districts’ Program to be headed by Urban Design Alumnus

Ed Sharrer in front of a brick building.

Tulsa’s New ‘Destination Districts’ Program to be headed by Urban Design Alumnus


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December 20, 2018

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Ed Sharrer, a GCA Urban Design graduate program alumnus, was recently named the manager of Tulsa’s Destination Districts program. After six years as the director of the Kendall Whittier Main Street program, Sharrer’s success led to a phone call from Tulsa’s mayor, G.T. Bynum, asking Sharrer to take on this new role.

In addition to stimulating economic growth in neighborhoods, the program, implemented by the Tulsa Planning Office, will “provide districts with the technical assistance, guidance, and occasional financial support to help them implement the vision they have for themselves.”

“The goal is to draw people into a diverse range of parts of the city and really help unite our city in a better way moving forward as a community,” Bynum said.

Read the full article at Tulsa World.

Photo credit: Matt Barnard/Tulsa World.


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