May 31, 2022. The graduates of LE Class XXXVI included 43 Edmond citizens exploring the city and developing into local leaders.

May 11, 2022. “This is a win-win for both organizations and the community,” said Edmond City Councilman David Chapman. “We look forward to seeing the continued growth of FAI and the enhanced opportunities this partnership will provide Simply Indie.”

April 6, 2022. “The cost of homes increased 33% since 2011, while the average household income went up only 11%,” David Chapman said.

March 30, 2022. “You just can’t risk the lives,” Councilman David Chapman said Wednesday. “It never was very full. … Hopefully they will sell it to someone who could make it an attractive affordable housing project.”

February 28, 2022. I’m extremely passionate about being the best son to my parents and brother to my older sister I can. I have been blessed with a family that loves and supports me in all that I do, so quality family time is a passion of mine for sure.

Chapman comments on Ukraine war.

January 28, 2022, “I love the concept. It’s the No. 1 best way for building affordable housing that we do,” said David Chapman, CEO of Realty1 LLC and associate professor of real estate at the University of Central Oklahoma. ADUs typically are 700 square feet, he said.

January, 2022. I love downtown Edmond because I can walk to many of my favorite places… restaurants, retail stores, library, grocery, parks, schools, etc. there are so many activities also like Vibes, Heard on Hurd, and the arts festival…There is always something to do and people to see. It’s a great community.

December 2021. Edmond History Museum Heritage Award.

November 30. 2021. Forty-six local business professionals were recently selected for Class XXXVI of Leadership Edmond, a leadership development program created by the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce.

October 13, 2021. City Councilmember David Chapman said he is frustrated with the continuing efforts to overturn recommendations of city staff and the Edmond Planning Commission and actions taken by the City Council.

“They’ve taken it to a new level,” Chapman said. “They no longer trust the City Council to make the decisions.”

October 4, 2021. “We’ve got three of them on the table, all being fought vigorously by different groups,” said Councilmember David Chapman, a real estate developer and associate professor of real estate.

“It’s not a pretty story … the title is ‘not in my backyard,’” Chapman said. “I think this is the biggest threat to Edmond, Oklahoma, this attitude among citizens not to have diverse housing.”

August 27, 2021. COCAR has partnered with the UCO Real Estate Program and David Chapman, a UCO associate professor of real estate, in planning the seminar, which will benefit the UCO Real Estate Foundation Scholarship Fund.

August 12, 2021. Single Family Built-for-Rent Multifamily Projects by David Chapman, a professor of real estate at UCO. He will discuss pros and cons of single-family communities that many developers are now building rather than typical apartment projects.

July 26, 2021. David Chapman, a landlord and vice chairman of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission, said it was unrealistic to relieve renters from their payments and expect landlords to stay current on mortgages.

July 13, 2021. Councilmember Chapman said the council is “acutely aware of our attainable housing issue.”

The Silos doesn’t address that need, he said, but officials are working on other models that would be subsidized in part by federal grants.

May 10, 2021. Monday, however, Councilman David Chapman made a motion to delay the council’s vote until May 24.

“I don’t think that we have a contract,” Chapman said. “Or at least we haven’t seen one as a council.”

April 26, 2021. “I don’t like our city competing with developers for land. I think it’s a terrible idea. And that looks like this,” Chapman said. “I do like that we are being very transparent by asking the city of Edmond if that is how they would like to spend their money. We would be buying a piece of land that we have no plans for. Understand that.”

O’Neil emphasized that he wants the draft ballot language to specify that the land would be purchased “for the purpose to expand or protect Hafer Park.”

“I don’t know what that means,” Chapman said. “Does that mean we can put a water tower there? Does that mean we can put a communications tower there? Does that protect it?”

February 12, 2019. University of Central Oklahoma professor David Chapman led all candidates with 40 percent in the Ward 1 primary. Emergency room nurse Devyn Denton finished second with 19 percent, edging attorney Clay Booth by two percentage points.

November 11, 2020. Veterans Day Video. Chapman’s comments.