Air Depot Corridor Plan

Overview:

The Midwest City Economic Development Authority ("EDA") in conjunction with Community Development Department, initiated a corridor study with Catalyst Commercial, Inc. (Catalyst) to reinvigorate the parts of the Air Depot Blvd. corridor that is roughly bounded by SE 15th Street and Silver Meadow Drive.  This action comes due to an escalation in the number of vacant structures and spaces in the area and the need to improve the overall business climate through public improvements and policy revisions. 

In 2019, the EDA successfully obtained Midwest City Memorial Hospital Authority's Board of Grantors funding to conduct an evaluation of the Air Depot Corridor and implement changes that would revitalize the district.  Funds were awarded in the spring of 2020 but the pandemic put work on hold shortley thereafter.  We picked the project up again in late 2021.

This analysis builds off Catalyst's 2017 Midwest City Study for Heritage Park Mall.  This process included research and analysis, public engagement surveys, and an implementation plan to explore options to stimulate reinvestment in the area.  In addition to the implementation plan, the end results include the following objectives:

1. Identify Corridor strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
2. Address physical and economic problems within the Corridor.
3. Explore public/private partnership opportunities.
4. Identify opportunities in need of reinvestment/improvement.