Vested future
Land near tire plant to become a school

 
By Paul Monies
Published: August 28, 2007

Tire production has stopped, but the Bridgestone Firestone name will live on in western Oklahoma City after the company donated 60 acres of land Monday for a new elementary school and a nature reserve.

Western Heights School District will build its fifth elementary school on 20 acres of land near the former Dayton Tire plant, which closed last year with the loss of 1,400 jobs. Nearby will be 40 acres set aside f...


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