Launched in 2023, Oklahoma City’s Key to Home Partnership is a public-private collaboration focused on preventing and ending homelessness. Its action plan targets two subpopulations and seeks to improve overall system performance.
Construction is underway on a 4-acre park at the former Dewey Elementary School site, 3500 N. Lindsay Ave., in northeast Oklahoma City.
The 2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Ranking competition took place March 28-30 at RIVERSPORT’s Whitewater Center, bringing together more than 70 top Olympic hopefuls from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Djibouti, Peru, Slovenia, Venezuela and the United States. Founder of RIVERSPORT Mike Knopp expressed his excitement for the event, highlighting the significance of hosting global events in Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma City Convention Center has added a new artwork to its space, due to a public art partnership with the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA). Local artist Ernesto Sanchez’s large-scale oil painting, Massive Communication, now hangs on the third floor of the venue as part of the initiative.
Oklahoma City Parks will celebrate the opening of three completed phases of the new Deep Fork Trail with a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. on April 10 at Zach D. Taylor Park, 633 NW 52nd St.
Oklahoma ranked No. 9 in the World Population Review’s study of the friendliest states, placing the state within the top 10 and just ahead of Hawaii. Oklahoma was voted No. 9 by tourists traveling in 2023.
The 2025 Downtown Home Tour, hosted by Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership and the Downtown Business Improvement District, will take place Sunday, April 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Oklahoma City Council has approved four sites for new youth centers designed to provide after-school and summer programs aimed at fostering learning, social connection and personal development for children across the city.
