Brady Arts District Small Area Plan
Adopted in 2013, the Brady Arts District Small Area Plan identified 72 implementation measures. As of July 1, 2020, about 81% of those implementation measures are complete or ongoing, and another 9% are in progress.
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Implementation Status
| Ref | Implementation Measure | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Goal 1: Create and maintain a historic and aesthetically distinctive area. | ||
| 1.1 | Preserve/restore historic structures and other assets | Ongoing |
| 1.2 | Develop public art and gateways to enhance the historic character and creative spirit | Ongoing |
| 1.3 | Install streetscaping and greenspaces complementing the character. (Reference streetscape plan) | Ongoing |
| 1.4 | Encourage unique, locally-owned retail, restaurants, and other businesses. | Ongoing |
| Goal 2: Maintain and build upon district entertainment and cultural venues and activities. | ||
| 2.1 | Establish consistent name, image, and brand to represent the districtâs character. | Ongoing |
| 2.2 | Promote existing venues including Cainâs, Brady Theater, artist studios/galleries, nightclubs, bars. | Ongoing |
| 2.3 | Build complementary programming relationships with ONEOK Ballpark, John Hope Franklin Memorial, Greenwood Cultural Center, Living Arts, Philbrook/Adkins Collection, Arts and Humanitiesâ Visual Art Center, Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, OSU-Tulsa, Langston University, and other area attractions. | Ongoing |
| 2.4 | Assist in development of new assets such as festivals, galleries, farmersâ market, museums and venues featuring music, energy and regional history. | Ongoing |
| Goal 3: Encourage amenities that benefit a mixed-use community. | ||
| 3.1 | Attract grocery and daily retail and services. | In Progress |
| 3.2 | Develop attractive and useful public spaces. | Ongoing |
| 3.3 | Provide accessibility by multi-modal transportation. | Ongoing |
| 3.4 | Create safe pedestrian crossings and connections. | Ongoing |
| 3.5 | Develop adequate and appropriate street and structured parking. | Ongoing |
| Goal 4: Create a safe environment for residents and visitors. | ||
| 4.1 | Install good lighting and wayfinding systems | Ongoing |
| 4.2 | Slow traffic, add semaphores, and create safe crossings. | Ongoing |
| 4.3 | Add police patrols | Ongoing |
| 4.4 | Increase 18-hour presence | Ongoing |
| Goal 5: Connect and cooperate constructively with neighboring assets. | ||
| 5.1 | Facilitate easy movement through multi-modal transportation options. | Ongoing |
| 5.2 | Create identifiable transitions to Downtown, Greenwood, Blue Dome, BOK Center, OSU-Tulsa, and Langston University. | In Progress |
| 5.3 | Mitigate presence of jail, social service facilities, and vacant properties. | Ongoing |
| Goal 6: Provide mixed income residential and live/work options. | ||
| 6.1 | Develop live/work options for artists and craftspeople | Ongoing |
| 6.2 | Develop housing for downtown workforce | Ongoing |
| 6.3 | Develop housing options for students | Ongoing |
| Goal 7: Create a model energy efficient, sustainable community. | ||
| 7.1 | Utilize the park or other public realm spaces for geothermal energy | Complete |
| 7.2 | Promote alternative energy sources for new and existing structures | Ongoing |
| 7.3 | Encourage energy efficiency retro-fitting of existing buildings | Ongoing |
| 7.4 | Encourage energy efficient new construction using state of the art technologies | Ongoing |
| Goal 8: Develop and support active management, promotion, and advocacy for The Brady Arts District. | ||
| 8.1 | Empower and strengthen an existing or new entity to coordinate and speak for Brady interest | Complete |
| 8.2 | Establish internal communication tools to connect Brady stakeholders | Complete |
| 8.3 | Establish vehicles for communication of Brady planning and activity externally | Complete |
| 8.4 | Advocate actively with the city in relation to service allocations and other needs and concerns | Ongoing |
| 8.5 | Highlight Brady organizations and businesses through ongoing marketing and the coordination of activities, events, and promotions. | Ongoing |
| Goal 9: Include general design guidelines supportive of cohesive, quality infill development for the district. | ||
| 9.1 | Customer and tenant parking have been historically provided on-street, in the rear of buildings, in off-street parking lots or adjacent parking lots. This pattern is to continue with the addition of off-street parking structures placed behind primary land uses. Major parking structures are intended to be mixed use with non-parking uses fronting at street level to adjoining streets. | Ongoing |
| 9.2 | Provide additional off-street parking facilities through private, public or joint private-public partnerships. | Ongoing |
| 9.3 | Avoid and reduce conflicts between utility poles, lines and equipment, and pedestrians and vehicles. | Ongoing |
| 9.4 | Respect adjacent buildings through consideration of mass, rhythm, scale, setback, height, building materials, texture and related design elements when developing or redeveloping in the area. (see ES6) | In Progress |
| 9.5 | Establish a strong sense of entry into and out from the Brady Village area. Techniques that are recommended include provision of intersection improvements and special pedestrian crossing treatments; provision of special lighting, landscape and/or murals at the Interstate 244 bridge underpasses; improved maintenance painting at the Interstate 244 bridge underpasses; and special murals, banners and signs at appropriate entry points into Brady Village. | Ongoing |
| 9.6 | Refuse containers for business operations will be placed from public view or screened with appropriate materials and gated to allow closure from public view and to control the spreading of trash. Appropriate screening includes wooden fences with cap-rails and base-rails, landscaping, or masonry walls or any combination of the above, so long as the refuse containers are appropriately screened from view and provide ready access for the businesses. | Ongoing |
| 9.7 | Coordinate wayfinding signs within the district with the adopted wayfinding system for Downtown Tulsa. | Ongoing |
| 9.8 | Coordinate landscape plans within the district with the ÒDowntown Streetscape Master PlanÓ prepared for Downtown Tulsa and adopted by the Downtown Coordinating Council. | Ongoing |
| Actions: Preservation | ||
| 1.1 | Proceed to establish National Registered Historic Districts as recommended and supported by the Brady Village Owners Association, the City of Tulsa, and the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Office. | Complete |
| 1.2 | Research district preservation grants and other resources available. | Ongoing |
| 1.3 | Organize educational events/symposia for stakeholders, property owners, and residents within the Brady Historic District regarding financial opportunities, preservation, and heritage issues. | Ongoing |
| 1.4 | Involve local arts and creative community in projects and activities to increase awareness of built heritage and the importance of understanding it and building on it. | Ongoing |
| 1.5 | Explore and develop a fund for building façade improvements in keeping with district character. | Not Initiated |
| Actions: Public art | ||
| 2.1 | Work cooperatively to strengthen and attract complementary and viable cultural assets and activities | Ongoing |
| 2.2 | Carefully choose events and strictly manage the brand of the district. | Ongoing |
| 2.3 | Articulate a clear mission/purpose for public art for Brady; seek adoption by Tulsa Arts Commission | Not Initiated |
| 2.4 | Develop an ongoing entity to plan, implement, and maintain public art projects | Ongoing |
| 2.5 | Develop functional description for an ongoing overall coordination and marketing entity for Brady. | Complete |
| 2.6 | Maintain relationships with cultural organizations in adjacent districts to maximize cooperation, scheduling, collaborative marketing, and other opportunities. | Ongoing |
| Actions: Placemaking | ||
| 3.1 | Rebuild Boulder Bridge with pedestrian and transit capacities | Complete |
| 3.2 | Improve appearance and lighting of Boston pedestrian bridge; study structural rehabilitation | Complete |
| 3.3 | Implement branding including public art and banners as part of streetscaping | Ongoing |
| 3.4 | Develop Brady Town Square as multi-purpose public amenity | Complete |
| 3.5 | Phase streetscaping to extend from Ballpark and Greenwood into Brady and connecting with downtown, Blue Dome District, BOK center, etc. | In Progress |
| 3.6 | Alter Detroit and Cincinnati to become two-way streets with signaling and traffic calming | Not Initiated |
| 3.7 | Install lighting for safety and aesthetic improvement in character with historic district | Ongoing |
| 3.8 | Implement bike path plan to improve multi-modal access to area | In Progress |
| 3.9 | Explore security enhancements, including police substation and bike patrols | Ongoing |
| 3.1 | Improve lighting and visual appearance of inter-state overpasses on north side of Brady, and improve pedestrian access to OSU-Tulsa and Langston University campuses. | Ongoing |
| Actions: Building, Owning, Investing | ||
| 4.1 | Establish 3-year residential population goals for Brady, linked with downtown housing study | In Progress |
| 4.2 | Offer mixed urban lifestyle options and other strategies to attract new residents | Ongoing |
| 4.3 | Continue efforts to renovate upper levels of historic buildings for housing | Ongoing |
| 4.4 | Conduct a formal parking survey to understand current district wide supply and demand and the future impacts of proposed shared parking facilities, diagonal on-street parking, and the impacts of a parking permit system for residents and workers. | Complete |
| 4.5 | Develop "Welcome Package" for new residents and connect them to food and beverage establishments | Not Initiated |
| 4.6 | Pursue grants to develop energy and recycling systems to make Brady a demonstration area | Complete |
| 4.7 | Establish development objectives for new construction housing projects, including âwalk-upâ row house or town home options | Not Initiated |
| 4.8 | Develop strategies to bring capital partners to the table to encourage investing | Complete |
| 4.9 | Develop and implement a fund for storefront improvements. | Not Initiated |
| 4.1 | Encourage and support development of grocery store. | In Progress |
| Actions: Getting it done | ||
| 5.1 | Formalize BVMA as a membership organization, including owners and others in governance | Complete |
| 5.2 | Prioritize annual program of activities | Ongoing |
| 5.3 | Develop business plan for support of the Association including key annual income-generating events | Complete |
| 5.4 | Explore implementation of Main Street Program | Not Initiated |
| 5.5 | Establish formal internal communication network among members and with broader community | Complete |
| 5.6 | Form committees as needed around marketing, partnerships, events, advocacy, and investing | Complete |
| 5.7 | Set up a one-stop shop for development incentives in the neighborhood, either online or in a storefront | Ongoing |
| 5.8 | Seek City Council adoption of this plan as an update to the March 2003 Brady Plan, and as a Small Area Plan within planitulsa. | Complete |
| 5.9 | Schedule quarterly review of this plan by the BVOA | Not Initiated |