MAPS 3-funded Scissortail Park is nearing completion, with the upper park set to open with a four-day celebration in late September if construction goes smoothly. The lower park will not open until late next year or 2022. Maureen Heffernan, Scissortail Park Foundation director, gave an update on the park at the end of January. Scissortail […]
Scissortail Park
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Chicken-Fried News: Sitting pretty
The park itself won’t be open to visitors until next year, but 70-acre, $132 million Scissortail Park is beginning to feel more and more like a real thing. Mayor David Holt, MAPS 3 Citizens Advisory Board chair Tom McDaniel and Myriad Botanical Gardens and Scissortail Park executive director Maureen Heffernan gathered June 21 to unveil […]
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MAPS 3 tax is anticipated to sunset with a $28.5 million surplus
The MAPS 3 tax is anticipated to sunset with a $28.5 million surplus.
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Manuel Perez Jr., along with Oklahoma Medal of Honor recipients, is memorialized in riverfront park
Manuel Perez Jr., along with Oklahoma Medal of Honor recipients, is memorialized in riverfront park.
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Oklahoma City’s urban renaissance includes projects that address the coexistence of nature and the city.
Oklahoma City’s urban renaissance includes projects that address the coexistence of nature and the city.
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Chicken-Fried News: Naming rights
The City of Oklahoma City is taking suggestions for the name of the new downtown park.