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Another Round of Donors Announced for A Gathering Place for Tulsa

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The George Kaiser Family Foundation announced a new slate of pledges for A Gathering Place for Tulsa.

Nineteen new donors are contributing more than $14 million in all toward the riverside park. The money will fund park features and programming.

"Very important aspects to continue to allow us to really make the kind of investments and create the kind of features you'll never have seen before here in Tulsa, so we're really excited about that," said Gathering Place Executive Director Jeff Stava.

Companies, foundations, families and individuals make up the list of new donors, who have pushed total contributions to the park to $150 million.

"We are really honored and humbled by everyone's commitment, and everyone is incredibly excited about what this park can do for our community," Stava said. "Investing in our community — there's nothing more important."

The first phase of the Gathering Place should be completed late next year.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.