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Zachary Taylor Neighborhood

Community Mapping Drive
REPORT March 31, 2021
Population: 822
Cultural or Historical Interests
My immediate neighborhood (Zachary Taylor) is an old Oklahoma City neighborhood built up in the 1950s. There is a mix of white and black residents, skewed white and younger. Home prices (mortgages and rents) have risen such that there is some gentrification, but not to the extent of the more urban districts (Midtown, Plaza, Paseo, Deep Deuce). Our neighborhood is educated and has higher health incomes than neighborhoods to the east of us.
Community Activities and Services
Most of us would love to have expanded public transit options to access midtown, downtown, and the urban districts. The streetcar stops around NW 12th. Bus service is spotty. Bike and walking trails are in works with OKC MAPS funds, but more reliable bus service at more frequent intervals, with more stops extending up in the area of NW 12th to NW 50th from Santa Fe to May would be desirable.
Economic or Environmental Interests
The electrical infrastructure is old and in disrepair in the urban core of Oklahoma City. We experienced an ice storm in late fall 2020 that knocked out power for an average of 2 weeks because OG&E... 1) does not maintain its right-of-way with residential power lines and has not trimmed back trees often enough, and 2) has not made efforts to bury power lines in older parts of the city. But more importantly, this early winter storm likely occurred as an effect of climate change.
Community Needs and Concerns
Zachary Taylor is incorrectly zoned for the Oklahoma State House & Senate. Zachary Taylor should be in House District 88. Senate District 48 includes us as part of the historical black and rural eastern & northeastern section of the city. We should be in Senate District 46. At the federal level, Oklahoma Congressional District 5 is transparently partisan, fracturing Oklahoma County from culturally similar metropolitan Cleveland County (Norman) and most of Del City and Midwest City.
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