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Left to right: Steven Gentling – Mayor, John Talley – State Rep. District __, Dr. Mike Simpson – Superintendent, Phil Nichols – Task Force Member, Kim Biggs – City Clerk, Chris Evans – Task Force Chair, Jon Chappell – Task Force Member, Menecca Gibbs – Task Force Member, Eddie Faulkner – City Manager, Tenny Maker – Public Works Director. -
Phase I Rendering by Myers Engineering.
In 2021, the City of Guthrie received a Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Grant Award Letter from the Oklahoma Department of Tourism (OTRD) announcing that Guthrie was approved for a $1,000,000 LWCF Grant for the Owens Field Softball Complex. After a lengthy process of moving the project through state and federal approvals, the project has been released for construction and we are finally moving forward with an improved sports complex for our community.
Subject to bid submissions, the project will include the following site improvements:
Subject to bid submissions, the project will include the following site improvements:
- Construction of new softball/baseball fields
- Installation of lighting system at one new field
- New ADA compliant concession/restroom facility
- Quick connects for irrigation at each field
- New entryway from State Highway 33
- ADA compliant parking area to serve all fields
The Guthrie Sports Task Force, appointed by the City Council, worked diligently with a wide array of city staff and City Engineer Bill Myers of Myers Engineering to develop a project scaled to a fundable size to be both affordable and competitive for this grant opportunity.
We project that construction for the project will start early May. City staff is looking forward to seeing this project come to fruition after many years of hard work from the community and we are grateful to our Mayor and City Council for their continued support and dedication to funding this project.