MAPS 4

09/28/2026

Construction is underway for the new MAPS 4 Youth Center at Woodson Park!

09/23/2026

Oklahoma City leaders broke ground today on the first MAPS 4 Youth Center, a state-of-the-art facility in Woodson Park, 3403 S. May Ave. The facility is designed to transform the lives of Oklahoma City's youth with learning and social opportunities for children of all ages. The $18.7-million project includes $13.7 million from MAPS 4 and $5 million from the OKC 2025 Bond.

The 48,370-square-foot building will be operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County. The youth center will feature a welcoming main lobby, gymnasium with two basketball courts, learning centers, classrooms, youth lounges, a kitchen and dining hall, teaching kitchens, a flex space for workforce development and community events, and studios for performing arts.

Learn more: https://www.okc.gov/News-articles/Construction-begins-on-first-MAPS-4-Youth-Center-in-Woodson-Park?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

09/18/2026

Every decade or so, we have an opportunity as a city through our bond issue votes to invest in our system of 105 neighborhood parks. Historically, those bond issues have been the only mechanism we have had. And even that option has not always been available to us, because for decades prior to our modern renaissance, the voters had a history of defeating bond issues for parks.

Having said that, even when our city was successfully able to pass bond issues for parks, the reality is that the resources are still quite finite. We could typically only include upgrades to items in parks that were truly in desperate need. It basically had to be falling apart to make the list.

In 2018, I was simultaneously running for mayor and imagining what projects could end up in MAPS 4. I recall driving by a neighborhood park in far Northeast OKC and observing a swing set that looked to be decades old. It looked functional, but it was not very enticing. I thought to myself that the conditions in a park like that were probably not considered dire enough to make the cut for a bond issue, but the park was still falling far short of its potential.

It occurred to me that just a few hundred thousand dollars could make a huge difference to a neighborhood park like that. I remember thinking that if I could include all of our 105 neighborhood parks in MAPS 4, that we could probably provide those resources that most of our parks would otherwise never receive.

And so we did. In 2019, we included $70 million in MAPS 4 just to fund a wish list of improvements to all of our city’s 105 neighborhood parks. This provided an opportunity to unleash the power of MAPS all across the city and in our neighborhoods. MAPS 4 received 72% approval, the highest level of support for a sales tax in modern OKC history.

Now, in 2026, these parks projects are starting to roll out. Below are some summaries of the parks improvements that have recently received final approval from Council, with a specific example of one park to illustrate the kinds of improvements that are coming to all of our neighborhood parks. And what you see below is just the first wave. There are five phases going all the way to 2030.

MAPS is about transformational improvements to our quality of life. And after MAPS 4, our city’s neighborhood parks will be transformed.

09/17/2026

Oklahoma City continues to celebrate its vibrant Route 66 history with the installation of new Centennial Monuments in districts that the Mother Road once passed through.

The monuments, an oversized artistic homage to Route 66 signage, are 16 feet tall and lit from within. They are being installed this week at the following locations:

Asian District - NW 32nd Street and Classen Boulevard.
Britton District – Britton Road and Classen Boulevard.
NW 39th Street District – NW 39th Street and Barnes Avenue.
Western Avenue – NW 43rd Street and Western Avenue.

The monuments were funded through MAPS 4.

The Route 66 Centennial Monument Project is the first national monument for all of Route 66. With the four new installations, Oklahoma City will have six monuments.

09/17/2026

New Route 66 Centennial Monuments are landing this week!

📍Western & NW 43rd

📍Asian District

📍Britton District

📍NW 39th Street District

09/03/2026

A great update on this important initiative! MAPS 4 contributed funds to this project as a part of the Homelessness allocation with OCHA.

Learn more below.

08/18/2026

Construction has begun on the new $12.3-million MAPS 4 Robert Ravitz Crisis Center. Located on the east side of the OU Health Sciences Center campus, the facility is designed to expand access to critical mental health and substance use intervention resources for Oklahoma City residents.

08/18/2026

Oklahoma City Council approved the final plans for the first 19 neighborhood and community parks.

From playgrounds and splash pads to sports courts and sidewalks, see the improvements coming to parks in OKC.

News release: https://www.okc.gov/News-articles/City-Council-approves-final-plans-for-first-phase-of-MAPS-4-Neighborhood-and-Community-Parks

Site plans: https://engagekh.mysocialpinpoint.com/Maps4-OKC-Parks

Stay engaged and share your thoughts on the MAPS 4 Parks Master Plan process.

08/10/2026

This morning we hosted our fifth MAPS 4 groundbreaking or ribbon-cutting of the last 75 days. Today it was the Robert Ravitz Crisis Center in Northeast OKC, which will improve mental health services in our city, especially for our residents who are in crisis.

Prior to 2019 and the passage of MAPS 4, we had never engaged in the area of mental health. But this project reflects the MAPS 4 goal of unleashing the power of MAPS to meet our city’s human needs.

The City government will never have the resources to impact this space as much as the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS), but we can do all we can. And that’s what this project represents.

This facility will be operated by ODMHSAS, and it is has been significantly supported by the Arnall Family Foundation. As always, we thank the voters and taxpayers for their willingness to invest in our city!

08/10/2026

Oklahoma City leaders broke ground today on the $12.3-million MAPS 4 Robert Ravitz Crisis Center, a facility designed to expand access to critical mental health and substance use intervention resources for Oklahoma City residents. Arnall Family Foundation also contributed $2.6 million to the project.

The center will include spaces for emergency assessments, stabilization detoxification, counseling, respite, adequate sleep and connections to ongoing support for people experiencing a mental health crisis. It will be operated by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS). The center will feature an urgent recovery center with 25 observation stations and a social living area, two crisis stabilization wings with a total of 32 beds, a group therapy room, calming room, social living area and outdoor courtyard. The center will also include administrative offices, a kitchen and a cafeteria.

The crisis center will be located at 1200 NE 13th St., on the east side of the OU Health Sciences Center campus. The center is scheduled to open in 2028.

Learn more: https://www.okc.gov/News-articles/Construction-begins-on-MAPS-4-Robert-Ravitz-Crisis-Center?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery