Schedule

Registration & Coffee Service

Conference Hall Lobby

Vendor Exhibits Open - Delegate Networking

Conference Hall Lobby

Opening General Session & Welcome Remarks

Garden A/B

Break - Assorted Danish & Beverages

Conference Hall Lobby

A Plan That Didn’t Sit on the Shelf: Downtown Sapulpa in Action

Communities in Focus · Garden C

Ken Boone (Olsson)

What happens after a downtown master plan is adopted? In Sapulpa, the plan became a roadmap for action. Developed through extensive community engagement, the Downtown Sapulpa Master Plan established a shared vision for a vibrant, walkable downtown and paired that vision with specific strategies for implementation. Since adoption, the City and its community partners have used that framework to guide public investment, align a variety of funding streams, transform downtown streets and alleys, expand programming and placemaking, support local businesses, and build momentum for continued reinvestment. Those efforts have earned statewide and national recognition, including an OML Municipal Innovation Award, a Main Street award for Best Placemaking for the Alley District, and recognition for the Christmas Chute as both an Outstanding New Event and Outstanding Attraction.

Real estate development project proforma basics for Planners

5th Floor Lounge

Chris Chiodini (Wallace Design Collective)

Planners, engineers and planning commissioners receive very little exposure to or training in the development of proforma income statements for real estate development projects. As a result, their ability to possess a deeper understanding of the financial fundamentals of different types of real estate development projects is significantly impaired. This session will provide knowledge in the basics of a real estate proforma statement and how the essential components can be affected by various assumptions and factors. The presenter will work through interactive examples of proforma income statements for several project types. The knowledge gained will allow planners to make more informed decisions regarding development projects.

Traffic Happens: Planning Smarter for Congestion in Oklahoma

Infrastructure in Focus · Garden D

Henry Wilson (INCOG)

Traffic congestion is easy to see, but the right solution is not always obvious. Is the problem too much traffic, unreliable intersections, school drop-off, crashes, growth, poor signal coordination, or a transportation network that crosses multiple jurisdictions? This session uses the Tulsa region’s new Congestion Management Process as a realistic case study in moving from - “Where is congestion?” to “Why is it happening, and what can we actually do about it?” Participants will see how performance data, public input, land use, safety, freight, transit, walking and bicycling conditions, and local knowledge can be combined to diagnose transportation challenges and focus limited resources.

Planning With Water: Drought, Regional Supply, Reuse and Infrastructure - Ticket Required

Infrastructure in Focus · Off-site

How does a community plan for water when drought, regional supply, infrastructure costs, and long-term growth all compete for attention? This mobile workshop will use Bartlesville’s recent experience to explore the full water-planning picture—from drought response and regional reservoirs to the Caney River, wastewater treatment, reuse, and major capital investments. Participants will examine how smaller communities can build a diversified water strategy, balance reliability with affordability, and communicate difficult infrastructure decisions to residents and elected officials. The workshop is designed as a hands-on plannin

Break - Beverages

Conference Hall Lobby

Power Up: Community Energy Planning in Catoosa

Infrastructure in Focus · Garden C

Jordan K Evans (https://halff.com/)

How can communities take a proactive role in shaping a more affordable, reliable, and resilient energy future? This session explores Catoosa’s approach to developing a Community Energy Strategic Plan that connects local priorities with practical strategies for energy efficiency, resilience, and future growth. The panel will discuss how community engagement, data, and local conditions are being used to identify energy needs and opportunities and translate them into actionable recommendations.

Real-Life Infill Residential Development Projects: Back for Round 2

Housing in Focus · 5th Floor Lounge

Chris Chiodini (Wallace Design Collective)

This session will provide real-life examples of infill residential development projects that were undertaken in smaller Missouri communities and can be duplicated and reproduced in any city, whether urban or rural, small or large. The presenter, a civil engineer, an AICP, former Director, a Planning & Zoning Commissioner, and part-time infill residential developer, will share how these projects came to life and lessons learned along the way.

The Plan Is Adopted. Now What? Building Implementation Into the Process Before and After Adoption

Infrastructure in Focus · Garden D

Katy O'Meilia (TSW)

Many planning efforts culminate in an adopted plan, but successful implementation rarely happens automatically. While planners often focus on creating a compelling vision and technical recommendations, the decisions made during the planning process can significantly influence whether projects move forward years later. This session explores how planners can incorporate implementation thinking from the very beginning of a planning effort. Through case studies ranging from a small-town Safe Routes to School Plan in Grove, Oklahoma, to the large-scale Midwest City infrastructure and public realm improvements currently under construction, attendees will examine how planning decisions affect funding, partnerships, project ownership, political support, and long-term feasibility. The session will also explore what happens after adoption. Some recommendations advance quickly as planned, while others encounter unexpected challenges such as changing priorities, limited capacity, funding constraints, regulatory hurdles, or the emergence of new opportunities. Presenters will discuss how communities can adapt, refine priorities, and maintain momentum when implementation does not follow a linear path. Attendees will leave with practical strategies for creating implementation-focused plans that remain useful and actionable long after adoption, helping communities move from vision to reality.

Keynote Luncheon

Communities in Focus · Garden A/B

Jason Roberts

South of the Border buffet, introduction of the keynote speaker: Jason Roberts. Jason Roberts is an Urban Designer, Restauranteur, and former US Congressional nominee. In 2006, Jason formed the non-profit organization, Oak Cliff Transit Authority, to revive the Dallas streetcar system, and later spearheaded the city's effort in garnering a $23 Million dollar grant from the federal government to help reintroduce a modern streetcar system to Dallas. In 2010, Jason organized a series of "Better Block" projects, taking blighted blocks with vacant properties in Dallas and converting them into temporary walkable districts with pop-up businesses, bike lanes, cafe seating, and landscaping. The project has become an open-sourced international movement occurring everywhere from Melbourne, Australia to Tehran, Iran Jason, has received a Champions of Change award from the US White House, and showcased in the US Pavilion of the 2012 Venice Biennale. Jason currently lives in Dallas where he owns and operates Oddfellows Bistro, Revelers Hall, Jaquval Brewery, and Trades Delicatessen.

Small Homes, Different Missions: Two Bartlesville Rental Communities - Ticket Required

Off-site

Small homes can serve very different people, markets, and community goals—and Bartlesville offers two great examples. This mobile workshop will compare the Cottages at 6th Street, a 20-home community developed by Nehemiah Community Development with an affordability and neighborhood-reinvestment mission, with Gramercy, a privately developed rental community featuring tiny and small homes, cottages, bungalows, townhomes, and shared amenities. Participants will explore how financing, zoning, site design, parking, amenities, management, and target market shape each development. The goal is to move beyond the novelty of “tiny homes” and examine how compact housing can become a practical part of a broader local housing strategy.

Beyond the Highway: Reimagining US 77 as Edmond's Gateway to Downtown

Infrastructure in Focus · 5th Floor Lounge

Sean Wallace (City of Edmond, OK)

Many Oklahoma communities are grappling with the challenge of converting highway-oriented corridors into vibrant, community-serving places. This session presents the City of Edmond's US 77 Corridor Study, a comprehensive effort to reimagine a major state highway as it transitions from an interstate gateway to an urban corridor and downtown main street environment. The presentation will explore how the City of Edmond and its consulting team worked together to integrate transportation planning, urban design, land use, and economic development objectives to identify context-sensitive corridor alternatives that improve safety, mobility, and access for all users. Attendees will learn how the study evaluated roadway cross-sections, multimodal enhancements, redevelopment opportunities, and placemaking strategies that can help transform aging highway corridors into catalysts for community investment and sustainable growth.

Online Engagement for Rural Oklahoma: A Hands-On Build

Innovation in Focus · Garden D

Tapio Kymäläinen (Senf)

Public meetings hear from whoever can make a Tuesday night, and in rural Oklahoma that leaves out shift workers and anyone an hour's drive from town hall. Online engagement reaches more of them when the questions sit on a map of places people know, and the site works on a phone and in the languages residents speak. Rural projects still raise fair objections: patchy broadband, older residents, a one-person planning staff, a county too big for one meeting. This workshop starts from them. The session opens with 20 minutes on what recent projects show about who takes part online, including a 2026 park survey in Frederick, Maryland, where 1,436 of the 2,201 residents who started finished it and participants came from every age band, about 140 of them over 75. It also covers how printed questionnaires from the library or the county fair can land in the same dataset as the online answers. It closes with what the ADA Title II web rule means for engagement sites before the April 2028 compliance date most Oklahoma towns and counties face (April 2027 for places over 50,000). Then the room builds an online engagement project. Working in pairs on a current project or an Oklahoma scenario we provide, such as a main street plan or a county safety action plan, attendees can set up a project page, a map for place-based comments, a short survey and a printable paper version, then test each other's sites on their phones. Bring a laptop; no GIS experience needed.

Positioning Your Community for Growth and Investment: State Resources and Where to Start

Rural Oklahoma in Focus · Garden C

Jamie Nichols (Oklahoma Department of Commerce)

Economic development is about more than attracting new employers. It also means preparing sites and infrastructure, supporting the businesses already in town, improving quality of life, and knowing which state tools fit each situation. We'll cover what makes a site development-ready, why business retention and expansion (BR&E) is a project in its own right, and how Oklahoma Department of Commerce programs such as the Pooled Finance Programs, the Leverage Act, and the SIDE Act work, including their requirements and when each applies. Attendees will leave knowing where to start and who to call.

Break - Cookies & Beverages

Conference Hall Lobby

Building Stronger Communities Together

Communities in Focus · Garden C

David Adcock (State of Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission)

Discussing how partnering with the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission (OUBCC) can have a positive impact on the built environment through your planning and development process. OUBCC adopts the minimum state standards for construction through a process that utilizes volunteers that can be from your communities. How to participate in free training through OUBCC.

Small Dollars, BIG Impact: Using Local Incentives to Drive Community Reinvestment + Rural Planning in Southwest Oklahoma - A Technology and Data Driven Approach

Rural Oklahoma in Focus · Garden D

Jeremy Planteen (Poe & Associates) · Daniel Castañeda (Grow Ada)

Small Dollars, BIG Impact: Using Local Incentives to Drive Community Reinvestment — Daniel Rural Planning in Southwest Oklahoma - A Technology and Data Driven Approach — Jeremy Planteen

Traffic Engineering 101 + Bus Rapid Transit and Job Accessibility: Evidence from Oklahoma City’s RAPID NW

Communities in Focus · 5th Floor Lounge

Kevin St. Jacques (Freese and Nichols, Inc.) · Reyhaneh Ahmadi (university of oklahoma)

Traffic Engineering 101 — Kevin St. Jacques Bus Rapid Transit and Job Accessibility: Evidence from Oklahoma City’s RAPID NW — Reyhaneh Ahmadi

Day 1 Wrap-Up & Announcements

Garden A/B

Oklahoma Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook – Update and Next Steps

Housing in Focus · Garden A/B

An update and presentation will be given by thee OU graduate students who developed the Playbook and provided the document. Similar to national trends, housing in Oklahoma has been increasingly failing to meet the needs of Oklahoma’s growing population. With many cities and towns conducting housing studies in the last few years, momentum has been increasing to address the growing housing crisis in the state. Several non-profit and cross-sectorial organizations have conducted studies or generated reports and publications on housing needs in Oklahoma, including the OK Policy Institute, the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, and the Oklahoma Academy. Municipalities within the state are increasingly addressing this at the local level, housing studies or including recommendations to increase the supply and affordability of housing in their comprehensive planning documents. Throughout the state, there is a shortage of units needed to meet demands, fueling increased housing insecurity, costs, and forcing individuals to live further away from work.

University of Oklahoma College of Architecture Reception

Conference Hall Lobby

Downtown Dinner Shuttle Service

Conference Hall Lobby

Explore Downtown Bartlesville and enjoy dinner at one of our many local restaurants! Complimentary shuttle service will be available to conference attendees from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Monday evening. The shuttle will continuously circulate through downtown, making four designated stops where attendees can hop on and off at their convenience. Whether you're looking for a casual bite, a sit-down dinner, or an opportunity to explore downtown, the shuttle makes it easy to experience Bartlesville without worrying about transportation. Enjoy an evening of great food, local hospitality, and downtown exploration!