Final project for Block 34 presented in city hall meeting

the newly finished $13,000,000 project to the city council. Steve Irby, the owner of Kicker, was responsible for donating $3,000,000 and was also present at the city hall meeting.

The future of Block 34 in Stillwater is defined.

On Monday, the city of Stillwater held its biweekly city hall meeting. It counted the presence of Jim Beckstrom, the chairman of the Stillwater Community Center Foundation and part of Block 34 Citizen Task Force, who was responsible for showing and explaining

On tuesday, Steve Irby, Jim Beckstrom and City of Stillwater Administration announced that development of Block 34 is now fully funded and designs are complete, with bid process to begin in September.

After 10 years of brainstorming ideas on what the vacant block in Downtown Stillwater, known as Block 34, could eventually turn out to be, the final project presents an inclusive music play area, water play area, musicians walk, musician recognition features, westside gardens, drinking fountains and bike, beer garden and picnic tables and a special place for donor recognition. Beckstrom said Block 34 will have a classic design and significantly improve the quality of Stillwater residents. The tentative schedule for the end of construction is pre-spring weather in 2025.

For a better look at the project, residents can visit the city of Stillwatwer website.

At the same meeting, Mayor Will Joyce said the construction on North Perkins Road US 177 remains on schedule for all four lanes to be completed by the end of August. The construction, which started in February news.ed@ocolly.com

2022, was a join project between the city and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. According to the city of Stillwater website, the city is responsible for the design of utility relocation and rights of ways acquisitions, and ODOT is responsible for construction. A new website for the city of Stillwater was announced at the city hall meeting and it was launched on Tuesday. The new website holds better features than the previous one and a new layout. Stillwater residents can go to https://stillwaterok.gov/ for a look at the new website.