After more than 40 community meetings and events, connecting with 1,000 residents and 16 months of community-led planning, the Kirkpatrick Heights & Greenwood Master Plan was unanimously approved by the Tulsa City Council in December 2022. Learn more about the planning process and see the final plan, here.

• 09/20/2023 – Survey: What does community ownership mean to you?
• 05/30/2023 – What’s Next for the Kirkpatrick Heights–Greenwood Master Plan

Here are a few of our favorite headlines on the project:

• What’s Next for the Kirkpatrick Heights & Greenwood Master Plan: June 2023 Update
• Tulsa Selected to Participate in Opportunity Accelerator Program to Help Create Governance Model for Greenwood, Kirkpatrick Heights Area
• Nonprofit will help Tulsa create governance model for north Tulsa site redevelopment
•  Tulsa City Council adopts master plan for Greenwood, Kirkpatrick Heights
•  City councilors unanimously approve Kirkpatrick Heights Master plan
• Video: Master plan for Kirkpatrick Heights and Greenwood area unveiled – FOX23 News
• City Of Tulsa Releases Final Plan For Kirkpatrick Heights Greenwood

Results for America:
Results for America is helping decision-makers at all levels of government harness evidence and data to make progress on our greatest challenges. Their mission is to make investing in what works as the “new normal,” so that government decision-makers regularly and effectively use evidence and data to increase the impact of the over $2 trillion that governments spend each year to open opportunities and advance economic mobility.

Opportunity Accelerator:
Led by Results for America, the Opportunity Accelerator (OA) initiative is a new collaboration with the Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University, Code for America, the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab, and the W. Haywood Burns Institute that supports government in promoting economic mobility, reducing racial disparities and improving the wellbeing of their residents. Tulsa is one of four cities working with the Opportunity Accelerator, with our work focused on working alongside community to evaluate and select a governance model for redevelopment of publicly-owned land in the Master Plan.

Haywood Burns Institute:
The W. Haywood Burns Institute (BI) is a black-led national, non-profit with a diverse team of bold visionaries. Always challenging racial hierarchy and the social control of communities of color by the justice sector and other public systems, BI employs strategies and tactics to establish a community-centered approach to transformation that is anchored in structural well-being. BI serves as the lead technical assistance provider to PartnerTulsa as a part of the Opportunity Accelerator program.

Accelerator for America/i3:
Accelerator for America finds and develops local solutions to economic insecurity and shares them with cities across the country, and supports initiatives that connect people with existing jobs, create new opportunities and foster infrastructure development. They are led by an Advisory Council consisting of mayors and leaders from the labor, business and non-profit sectors. 

Launched in 2023 as a project of Accelerator for America, i3 convenes a network of policymakers, technologists, investors, and thought leaders to help communities leverage new funding and technology, foster innovation, and deliver on infrastructure that tackles old problems with new solutions. PartnerTulsa is leveraging the i3 program to pursue catalytic funding opportunities and strategies that will support critical infrastructure necessary for the development envisioned in the Kirkpatrick Heights-Greenwood Master Plan.

Leadership Committee

This 11-member body was formed by Mayor G.T. Bynum, and oversaw the development of the Kirkpatrick Heights-Greenwood Master Plan. Members of the Leadership Committee included the below Tulsa leaders; additional information on each can be found here. 

• Reuben Gant
• Vanessa Hall-Harper (District 1 City Councilor)
• Jack Henderson
• Brandon Jackson
• Dr. Delia Kimbrel
• Dwain Midget
• Ashley Philippsen
• Burlinda Radney
• Dr. Lana Turner Addison
• Joe Williams
• Dr. La Verne Ford Wimberly

Working Group

Following Tulsa’s acceptance into the Opportunity Accelerator program, PartnerTulsa sought to expand the group of community leaders engaged in ongoing efforts and established a broader Working Group to support efforts to evaluate and co-design governance models for implementation of the Master Plan. This body included the original Leadership Committee, plus the following community members:

• Andy McMillan
• Ashley Phlipsen
• Bill White- Dunbar
• Brandon Jackson
• Brandon Oldham
• Burlinda Radney
• Chris Benge
• Daquet Wilson
• Delia Kimbrel
• Demauri Meyers
• Dr. Lana Turner Addison
• Dr. Laverne Ford Wimberly
• Greg Robinson
• Jack Henderson
• James Wagner
• Joe Williams
• Kandi Whitely -White
• Phil Armstrong
• Reuben Gant
• Rodrigo Rojas
• Vanessa Hall- Harper
• Ariel Humphrey

Listed working group members participated in at least two workshops.