Chickasha

Screenshot of the artist’s conception. A proposed pedestrian bridge would be constructed from the Grady County Fairgrounds to Old Town Chickasha over the railroad tracks.

Screenshot of the artist’s conception. A proposed pedestrian bridge would be constructed from the Grady County Fairgrounds to Old Town Chickasha over the railroad tracks.

Hitt says Chickasha development envisioned as ‘community project’

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Monday, April 10, 2023
CHICKASHA – Chet Hitt, the California entrepreneur with dreams of an invigorated downtown, will be a guest speaker at the 100th annual Chickasha Chamber of Commerce banquet April 21. “I’m going to do my best to inspire everyone,” he told Southwest Ledger.
This debris is what was left after the Aug. 7, 2022, fire at the former Chickasha Manufacturing site that Brannan Bordwine leased from Blessed Chickasha Collective. KYLETTA RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

This debris is what was left after the Aug. 7, 2022, fire at the former Chickasha Manufacturing site that Brannan Bordwine leased from Blessed Chickasha Collective. KYLETTA RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Bordwine sued over fire last August; plaintiff’s agent is a convicted felon

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Monday, April 3, 2023
CHICKASHA — Local businessman Brannan Bordwine and three of his companies have been sued for negligence and breach of contract because of a fire last August that consumed a large volume of flammable hand sanitizer “improperly stored” on property leased from Blessed Chickasha Collective.
Renovation has begun on the interior of the Savoy Hotel. Entrepreneur Chet Hitt said a restaurant and bar are planned for the building. MIKE W. RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Renovation has begun on the interior of the Savoy Hotel. Entrepreneur Chet Hitt said a restaurant and bar are planned for the building. MIKE W. RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

California dreamer expands plans for Chickasha project

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Monday, April 3, 2023
CHICKASHA — A California dreamer who envisions a multimillion-dollar redevelopment project in downtown Chickasha has widened his goal.
This is the headquarters of Bordwine Development Inc. at 1102 Pikes Peak Road south of Chickasha. KYLETTA RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

This is the headquarters of Bordwine Development Inc. at 1102 Pikes Peak Road south of Chickasha. KYLETTA RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Bordwine, his companies owe almost $110K in property taxes

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
CHICKASHA – The owner of multiple properties in Chickasha who owns or leases three sites where large quantities of hand sanitizer and hand lotion were destroyed in fires last year owes more than $100,000 in overdue property taxes, online records of the Grady County Treasurer’s Office show.
This is an artistic rendering of the Town’s End Coffee House that California developer Chet Hitt envisions for the Mill Building. The Chickasha Municipal Authority voted to sell the vacant, aged building to Hitt, an Anadarko high school graduate who said he plans to invest perhaps $5 million on redevelopment projects in Chickasha. PROVIDED

This is an artistic rendering of the Town’s End Coffee House that California developer Chet Hitt envisions for the Mill Building. The Chickasha Municipal Authority voted to sell the vacant, aged building to Hitt, an Anadarko high school graduate who said he plans to invest perhaps $5 million on redevelopment projects in Chickasha. PROVIDED

Plans for major Chickasha project ‘coming along great,’ developer says

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
CHICKASHA — The California businessman who envisions a multimillion-dollar development in downtown Chickasha said his plans are “coming along great.” “We are working on the plans, designing things,” Chet Hitt told Southwest Ledger on March 11. “We are moving forward on the development.
The Chickasha Hotel was a deteriorated “drug-infested crack house” before it was renovated through efforts of the First National Bank and Trust Co. of Chickasha. MIKE W. RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

The Chickasha Hotel was a deteriorated “drug-infested crack house” before it was renovated through efforts of the First National Bank and Trust Co. of Chickasha. MIKE W. RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Renaissance under way in downtown Chickasha

Mike Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
CHICKASHA — Downtown Chickasha is undergoing a renaissance led by the Economic Develop-ment Council and the Chickasha Industrial Authority, with assistance from Chickasha Today.
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