A Gathering Place for Tulsa and the City of Tulsa announced the coordinated opening of Riverside Drive and the park in late spring/summer 2018. In the meantime, the Chapman Foundations Adventure Playground will open in January 2018 with scheduled visits from Tulsa area elementary school children.
“The simple fact of the matter is our schedule is dependent on Mother Nature,” said Jeff Stava, executive director and trustee of Tulsa’s Gathering Place, LLC. “The record rains in 2016 and this year have negatively impacted both the park and city’s construction schedule. Plus, you add in the unseasonably warm winters, which have impacted the planting of the park’s almost 6,000 trees, and the result is a new opening timeline.”
With close coordination from day one, City officials are pleased with progress and have confirmed plans to open Riverside Drive in coordination with the park.