Oklahoma City did not simply build momentum in 2025. It delivered results.
John Marshall Enterprise Middle School marked a new chapter for its campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of a major renovation project that includes a new main entrance, administration suite and library.
A controlled implosion of the roof at the former Myriad Convention Center in early December marked a visible next phase in demolition at the downtown site as Oklahoma City prepares for construction of a new arena for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Oklahoma City is marking 32 years since voters approved the original Metropolitan Area Projects program, better known as MAPS. The December 1993 vote launched a one-cent sales tax that funded public projects designed to revive the city's core and improve quality of life.
Oklahoma City’s MAPS 4 Mental Health Crisis Center will carry the name of Robert “Bob” Ravitz, honoring the late Oklahoma County chief public defender whose decades of work reshaped the region’s approach to mental health, justice and access to care.
Oklahoma City leaders shared the first look at the $121 million MAPS 4 multipurpose stadium during Wednesday’s MAPS 4 Venues Subcommittee meeting.
Momentum continues to build in Midtown as “The Eddie,” a new mixed-use development, moves toward construction in 2026. The project, located on the former EMSA headquarters site at 1111 Classen Drive, will feature apartments, retail space and a public park with an amphitheater, adding a new layer of vibrancy to one of Oklahoma City’s most walkable districts.
City and Chickasaw Nation leaders gathered last month to celebrate the opening of two major projects along the Oklahoma River in Oklahoma City’s Horizons District—the MAPS 4 pedestrian bridge and EMBARK’s First Americans Museum (FAM) Landing.
