In the News – March 2024

[Music] hey everyone welcome to the news section I'm Jordan cuckler I'm Lisa Jones and we're here to talk about all the great things going on in Broken Arrow So Lisa what do you have for us today Farmers Market resumes this Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 400 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and it's a great time of year you know this time of year there are a lot of plants and fresh flowers and baked goods and kinds of good stuff so it's always a fun time to come for the community to come together yeah absolutely I know it's a hit on the weekends that Saturday market and then we just added that Tuesday Market about a year ago I think and that's also been doing really well and it's they decided to keep it around and just gives two uh two opportunities for people to come out and check out all the local Goods that we have here in broken ARL definitely I love the Tuesday Market because you can go right after work and grab your fresh goodies and and get out hit the road for sure so next we have uh the new the square block party I know we're a couple months out but that's you know it's going to creep up pretty soon and in the past it's been just a one-day event but this year it's a three-day event which is pretty cool um definitely yeah I know it's uh Thursday Friday Saturday um the Thursday uh night is just going to be concerts and food trucks and then um that Friday and Saturday will be kind of the traditional um stuff that we done in the past with music food trucks um activities for the kids kids you know um I know there's a couple uh Touch of trucks that'll be out there for kids to kind of get in and get out and kind of see what's what's uh what it looks like to be inside like a police vehicle or something like that um and then obviously the big fireworks show fireworks two nights which is crazy um so it's going to be a hit both nights and you don't want to miss it I know thousands and thousands of people come out so you better start preparing now and if you got family in town this is where you want to be um on those nights and the dates are June 27th 28th and the 29th so we're we're looking forward to it for sure that'll be a lot of fun absolutely and then uh just to kind of close things out um the city recently launched broken o Transit and um for those who don't know yet this is kind of another ride your opportunity for people to use um similar to Uber andyt but in the sense of that it's not just going to be you on this ride there could potentially be someone else in the vehicle with you but it's just another affordable and convenient way for people to get around the city and it's when I say affordable it's very affordable yeah it's only $1.75 for a 3-hour ticket and that can be used um I guess any day you want if you purchase on that day specifically and then for seniors it's um I believe 85 cents for another ride ticket which is super cheap and I mean you can't get that anywhere else really um but the it's operated by Metro Link and if you're interested in wanting to take a ride um they they have an app it's called the goass app and on there you can you know create an account and fill all the details and then just Mark where you want to be picked up and where you want to go and they they'll come get you so it's again it's another Super convenient and affordable way for um the citizens to get around Broken Arrow and where they need to go it's Monday through Friday and it is a designated area so we do need to put that out but yeah it's a great option yeah and I I believe it runs from 8 to 5 so it's yeah like you said another great option yeah and they're nice cars yeah super nice we took a little ride yeah it was it was a lot of fun and um got some cool sh lot of those vehicles and being inside and it's just if you've never been in a vehicle like that it'll blow your mind for sure but anything else I think we're good well that wraps it up for the news section thanks for checking it out and we will see you next time the vi broken arrows produced by the city of broken Aro thank you for listening don't forget to subscribe to hear more about Broken Arrow the city where opportunity lives

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