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Personal finance website WalletHub recently ranked Oklahoma City as the eighth best-run city in America.Personal finance website WalletHub recently ranked Oklahoma City as the eighth best-run city in America.

For July, the Oklahoma City metro had an unemployment rate of just 3.1%. This represents the 11th-lowest rate among metro areas with more than 1 million in population.

The Gilded Acorn is the latest addition to downtown Oklahoma City’s First National Center. The pastry shop is a concept of renowned chef Andrew Black, widely known for his efforts in establishing local favorites Black Walnut and Grey Sweater.

The Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau and Shop Good have partnered to present a new line of Oklahoma City-influenced apparel. Based on the concept of The Modern Frontier, each hand-printed item incorporates different attractions of the city like the Oklahoma River, skyline, or streetcar.

Downtown Oklahoma City will soon welcome an additional five-story building. The Muse apartment complex is a high-density, mixed-use development that will add to the ambience of the city’s downtown arts district.

Midtown is making room for more developments with the addition of a four-story, mixed-use building at the corner of North Hudson Avenue and Northwest 11th Street. 

Oklahoma City continues to climb lists of top-ranked communities. Bankrate recently ranked the city as the fourth best place to live in the United States.

For June, the Oklahoma City MSA saw an unemployment rate of just 3.2%.