Kevin Canfield

Tulsa World Reporter

For years, Johnson Park, at the corner of 61st Street and Riverside Drive, has been best known as the city’s dumping ground for green waste after storms blow through town.

The basketball courts are popular, the playground nothing special. Occasionally, a fireworks show or other event will draw a large crowd, but those are rare. More often than not, the 33-acre expanse is underutilized.

That’s about to change — or so city officials are betting.

After decades of proposals, plans and promises, the park is getting a major overhaul. More than $8 million in Improve Our Tulsa 2 and IOT 3 funding will be spent over the next year and a half to add a lighted walking trail, pickleball courts, a covered basketball court, a skate feature, a splash pad, and a lar

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