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The Historic Town of Boley, Oklahoma was founded in 1903.
The Historic Town of Boley Project 1903, a tip of the hat in respect to the 1903 founders of the Town of Boley, is at the beginning of its renaissance to become an American Tourism Crown Jewel.
Friends of Boley invites your collaboration in the spirit of persistent ingenuity that made Boley, as Booker T. Washington praised “the most enterprising and in many ways the most interesting of the Negro towns in the United States.”
Friends of Boley has established a Plan of Action in support of the Town of Boley in phases:
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Phase 1
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Economic Development
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Step 1: The Ground Work $50,000
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Evaluate the Town of Boley
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Feasibility Study for Economic Development
- Geographic location
- Population
- Public & Private organizations
- Job availability
- Municipal Revenue
- Infrastructure
- Traffic
- Summary of Study: Local investment and improvement is required before significant outside investment will be made.
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Feasibility Study for Economic Development
- Develop an Online presence
- Acquire Funding
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Community Engagement
- Boley Rodeo & Bar-B-Que Festival
- Social Media
- FOB Business Center Education & Development
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FOB Co-operative Education & Development Initiative
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Evaluate the Town of Boley
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Step 2: FOB Business Center
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Propose to Boley Town Council Boley Public School
(closed 2010) become Boley Business Center
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Upon Town Council approval, evaluate Boley
Public School building and grounds pre-renovation
& Request For Proposals (RFP)
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Upon Town Council approval, evaluate Boley
Public School building and grounds pre-renovation
& Request For Proposals (RFP)
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Propose to Boley Town Council Boley Public School
(closed 2010) become Boley Business Center
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Step 3: Pre-Renovation
- Advertise RFP pre-renovation bid event
- Acquire estimate for Boley Public School building renovations, sidewalks, parking, and landscaping
- Evaluate bids for selection
- Inform of bid award
- Pre-renovation scheduling
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Step 4: Renovation
- Execute Renovations
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Step 5: Grand Opening
- Equip and Staff
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Step 6: Service Community
- Provide Small Business and Community Technical Assistance Services for individuals, and organizations
- Develop a Collaboration Committee to advise and consult on collaboration with local municipal, non-profit, for profit representatives, as well as individuals interested in the Town of Boley for Federal, State, and private funding opportunities
- Develop a Co-operative
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Step 1: The Ground Work $50,000
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Economic Development
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Phase 2
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Town of Boley Infrastructure
- Water & Waste-water system update and maintenance support
- Equipment for Municipal maintenance
- Law Enforcement needs
- Fire Department Emergency Response needs
- Collaborate with Municipal leadership to coordinate Federal, State, and private funding opportunities
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Town of Boley Infrastructure
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hase 3
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Boley Preservation & Research
- Boley Library Renovation and Reopen
- Establish Boley African American Research Project
- Historic Preservation collaboration with all owners of historic properties in the Town of Boley for coordination of Preservation priorities and needs for Federal, State, and private funding and project execution
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Boley Preservation & Research
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Phase 4
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Crown Jewel Tourism
- Collaborate with Town of Boley Historic and Agricultural organizations for annual tour and event increase and collaboration and Federal, State, and private funding opportunities
- Historic Preservation marketing push
- Agricultural Tourism marketing push
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Crown Jewel Tourism
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