The Broken Arrow Economic Development Authority met on September 15, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. The meeting followed the City Council and Municipal Authority meetings. Trustees approved the consent agenda and received a quarterly presentation on economic development projects from the Tourism & Economic Development Department.
The consent agenda was approved by motion and second without dissent.
Travis Stevens, Director of Tourism & Economic Development, introduced Economic Development Manager Christy McLean, who provided updates on several key developments:
Remarks by Chairperson Wimpee and Trustee Ford noted the need for additional retail at Aspen Ridge and confirmed that the traffic cones at the intersection of Tucson and Aspen have been removed, and a new stoplight in front of Home Depot is operational.
City Manager Spurgeon discussed NSU (Northeastern State University) at Broken Arrow. Dr. Hanley recently presented on growth: due to legislation allowing a traditional four-year university (Senate Bill 701), enrollment has increased in just two semesters. A letter signed by the Mayor and City Manager was sent to the Regional University Systems of Oklahoma (RUSO) board, expressing support for the partnership. The city may need to present at a RUSO board meeting in 2027.
Green here. Ford. Here. Parks. Here. Wimpy. Here. Are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda? I'll make a motion we approve the consent agenda as it stands. Second. Okay. Eventually. Alrighty. Item five public hearings, appeals, presentations, recognitions, and awards. 5A is a presentation by the City Tourism and Economic Development Department for the third quarter of calendar year 2026. Travis Stevens. Good evening, Council. Mayor Wimpy, Vice Mayor Parks, City Manager Spurgeon. Great to be before you he tonight. Travis Stevens, director of the Tourism and Economic Development Team. Here to give you the quarterly presentation. So to do so for this session, I've invited our economic development manager, Christy McLean, to update you on all the things going on in the economic development world. So I will stay close by for questions afterwards, but Christy's going to give the presentation. Thank you, sir. Christine. Thank you for lowering that. I appreciate that. I feel your hand. Good evening, Chairperson Wimpy, Vice Chair Parks and Trustees, and General Manager Spurgeon. So I get to talk about the really cool and exciting things happening in Broken Arrow. Not that the other stuff isn't as well, but this is really great stuff. The first picture you're going to see up here is Arrow Forwards. Christy. Oh which this one? Thank you. So this first picture is Arrow Forge Innovation District, and the update on this is of course that CSI is in their design phase, which is very exciting, and they have announced their groundbreaking to take place on October 1st. So we're very excited that that's going to be happening and to start seeing the forward momentum happening with that with that development. The second development to talk about today is Tiger Crossing. It's right across the street from Broken Arrow High School. So I'm sure all the kids going to Broken Arrow High School are very excited to see what restaurants end up in these in this development. There's going to be a total of seven pad sites in this development. This section you're seeing right here is a total, there's two LOIs already in place for this, and there's five additional spaces to be leased in this section itself. And just clarify LOI's letter of intent. Yes, sir. Yeah. For those who at home who may Adams Creek Town Center has continued with its momentum. It's going like crazy. Katrina Fresh, Wetzels Pretzels, Coldstone Creamery, and Fiora Mell Salon. And those are on the east side of the development. There's also a building out occurring right now for two restaurants located in the patio area.