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Our Adaptive Trunk-or-Treat is right around the corner! 馃懟 We're hosting a special event for families from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, October 26 at Southern Oaks Community Center, 400 SW 66. This event is free and open to all ages! No registration necessary!
We can't wait to play at Douglass Park next year! Learn more: ow.ly/f8Gh50ZZ0v4
Halloween fun? 馃巸 We're on it! Join OKC Parks at one of our special events this month: ow.ly/eEak50ZWPqH
Learn the big and small world of fungi! Join us at Martin Park Nature Center for our Mycology Walk on Saturday, October 24. Registration is free! This program is especially good if you're a ... fun ... guy. 馃 Sign up here: ow.ly/bs8k50ZXQ2i
Good things are ahead for Booker T. Washington Park! Learn more: ow.ly/BNqy50ZXmTB
Ready for Halloween enchantment? 馃憫 OKC Parks has you covered with special events this month: ow.ly/uTkF50ZWPbF
Beat the crowds! Join us for a night of fun trick-or-treating through Will Rogers Gardens on Friday, October 23. Halloween on the Green includes snacks, crafts, and more. Tickets are limited! Get yours now: ow.ly/qSsS50ZWPY9
We're so excited! Join us from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday for Martin Park Is For The Birds. We'll have all kinds of bird-themed fun, including family-friendly activities, guided bird hikes, ambassador birds, and guest speakers. This come-and-go event is completely FREE!
We have a few spots left in our lifeguarding class this week! This course teaches the essential skills of lifeguarding鈥攁long with First Aid, CPR, and AED training鈥攖hrough hands-on practice and supportive instruction. Learn more and sign up here: ow.ly/NTgz50ZWPQh
We swear we aren't ignoring you. 馃ズ An IT outage affecting multiple OKC facilities is disrupting phone and internet service at several of our locations, including Martin Park Nature Center and Will Rogers Gardens. Thank you for your patience as we wait for service to be restored!
Our Forestry Crew travels throughout the city, trimming and managing trees within our park system. They recently stopped by Edgemere Park to care for the trees there. Look at this beautiful work! 馃槏 Thanks to this team for caring for our urban forest.
Will we see you Saturday? Join us at Will Rogers Gardens for the 2026 Garden Party with Friends! 馃挌 Not to brag, but there will be alpacas. Details about this free event here: ow.ly/OFYE50ZLUwy
It finally feels like fall! Fall Break is right around the corner, and we have camps across the city. Find one here: ow.ly/pac450ZPTht
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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 project 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鈥檚 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 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鈥檚 neighborhood parks will be transformed.
Come learn how to dry flowers! Our demonstration-style workshop is perfect for anyone curious about working with dried botanicals. You'll leave with plenty of ideas for creating your own long-lasting floral pieces at home! Sign up here: ow.ly/OBwG50ZOoyV
It's almost time! 鉁傦笍 We cut the ribbon at Edwards Park on Tuesday, Sept. 22, and we're so excited about the improvements here. Read more: ow.ly/bCvJ50ZNWJw
Bad news: it's still hot. 馃サ
Good news: spraygrounds are open through Sept. 27! 馃コ
Find one close to you at okc.gov/spraygrounds.




























