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Article: What floats Oklahoma City's boat?
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- Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2006
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Byline: Steve Lackmeyer
Jun. 15--In what may be the largest delegation yet to examine Oklahoma City's downtown development, 175 civic and business leaders from Lexington, Ky., arrived Wednesday in Bricktown for a detailed, three-day look at how the city was transformed by the Metropolitan Area Projects.
"A lot of people across the country know of Oklahoma City and speak highly of it since MAPS went into effect," said Robert Quick, president of the Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce. "You're talked about as a community and a region a lot."
Oklahoma City is drawing such scrutiny with increased frequency. But the Kentucky delegation is by far ...