Kevin Canfield

2 months ago | tulsaworld.com | Kevin Canfield

Artist Rick Lowe can’t tell you what The Greenwood Art Project will look like, but he can tell you what it won’t look like — eight statues sprinkled around the historic district. That, he says, is not what this Bloomberg Philanthropies 2018 Public Art Challenge-winning project is all about. “What we want to create is a kind of energy around the (1921 Tulsa race massacre) centennial where everybody is thinking outside the box,” Lowe said Thursday, after lunch at The Tavern.

2 months ago | tulsaworld.com | Kevin Canfield

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Feb 13, 2025 | tulsaworld.com | Kevin Canfield

Tulsa County commissioners discussed a proposal to create an Office of Government Efficiency and Transparency during a management conference on Thursday. But first they listened to Mike Jackson, the former director of the state’s Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency. He was the guest of Commissioner Lonnie Sims, who worked with Jackson during his time in the Legislature.

Feb 5, 2025 | tulsaworld.com | Kevin Canfield

City councilors authorized on Wednesday the payment of a $1,895,000 judgment stemming from a lawsuit filed by a south Tulsa property opener who claimed that the city’s floodplain management regulations and practices had effectively kept him from developing his land to its highest and best use. The cost to the city won’t end there.

Jan 29, 2025 | tulsaworld.com | Kevin Canfield

City councilors received a detailed update Wednesday on the city’s infrastructure development plans for the largely undeveloped land near the Gilcrease Museum property in the Osage Hills northwest of downtown. The update was requested by councilors because they are grappling with how best to preserve the natural character of the area without hindering development.