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After a Weight Loss Challenge, Oklahoma City Seeks Walkability
Four years ago, Mayor Mick Cornett challenged residents to lose a collective 1 million pounds
Right around the time Mick Cornett became mayor of Oklahoma City in 2004, the town started showing up on those lists of great places to get a job, great places to start a business. And he loved it. He went around town talking about it. He thought the plaudits would boost the city’s pride.
"We’d never been on these lists before," he recalls. "Then, we weren’t Number One. But we were on the lists."