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What does it mean to invest in Black communities? It means investing in the people who have cared for their neighborhood...
08/21/2026

What does it mean to invest in Black communities?

It means investing in the people who have cared for their neighborhoods for generations. It means preserving the histories and cultural spaces that tell our stories. It means creating greater opportunities for communities to shape, own, and benefit from what comes next.

During Black Philanthropy Month, your support of Open Design helps us continue working alongside communities to turn those values into action through design, preservation, storytelling, and community-led development.

Help us continue the work. Give today through the link in our bio! đź”—đź“Ť

For more than a century, the Threatt family has stewarded this land, its stories, and its legacy.Long before Route 66 tr...
08/19/2026

For more than a century, the Threatt family has stewarded this land, its stories, and its legacy.

Long before Route 66 traveled past the property, the Threatt family established roots in Luther; farming the land, building businesses, and creating opportunities for generations to come. That legacy continued through the Threatt Filling Station, where descendant eladers carried the work forward through decades of change.

Working alongside the ThreattFillingStation means recognizing that preservation begins with the people who have cared for a place long before a design team arrives. The family’s memories, archives, artifacts, and lived knowledge are not additions to the story—they are the foundation of it.

This partnership has been an opportunity to listen, learn, document, and help translate more than 100 years of family history into a space where future generations can experience and learn from its contributions. ⛽️🌾

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Black Philanthropy Month reminds us that some of our greatest resources are the ones we share with one another. Across g...
08/17/2026

Black Philanthropy Month reminds us that some of our greatest resources are the ones we share with one another.

Across generations Black communities have shared knowledge, resources, traditions, spaces, and care to create opportunities and build stronger futures together. That spirit of collective investment continues to shape the work we do today.

At Open Design your support allows us to work alongside communities to preserve what matters and create more opportunities for people to shape what comes next.

This month we invite you to share in that commitment and invest in the work happening across our communities. Support Open Design today through the link in our bio! đź”—

Happy Black Philanthropy Month! đź–¤To celebrate, Givebutter is providing an additional 5% match on donations made to verif...
08/03/2026

Happy Black Philanthropy Month! đź–¤

To celebrate, Givebutter is providing an additional 5% match on donations made to verified Black-led nonprofits—including Open Design Collective!

Your support helps us preserve Black history, strengthen neighborhoods, and build the cultural infrastructure communities need to shape their own future. Every contribution helps us partner with communities to protect what matters, design what’s next, and create places where people can thrive for generations.

If you’ve been looking for the right time to invest in this work, this is it, and with this match any amount can go a long way. Donate through the link in our bio.

08/03/2026

Big thanks to Meghan Mosley of KOCO 5 News for highlighting the collaborative effort underway to reimagine the future development of the Creston Park neighborhood. Our CEO, Vanessa Morrison, joined Greg Shinn of Oklahoma City Housing Authority for a conversation about the vision, partnerships, and community-centered approach guiding this work.

Led by Oklahoma City Housing Authority, Restore OKC and Northeast OKC Renaissance, and in collaboration with community members, this effort brings together partnerships around a shared commitment to a community-informed planning and housing development process. As the community design lead, Open Design is translating neighborhood voices, history, and priorities into the site design and future vision for the neighborhood.

We’re grateful to be part of this collaboration and excited for what comes next!

Parks memory, community, and the stories of the people who shaped it. 

Pitts Park, a historically Black park in NEOKC, ...
07/27/2026

Parks memory, community, and the stories of the people who shaped it. 

Pitts Park, a historically Black park in NEOKC, was named after Captain Riley Leroy Pitts, who served in the US Army during the Vietnam War - becoming the first African American officer to receive the Medal of Honor. He grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Douglass High School in 1955.

President Lyndon B. Johnson regarded Pitts as “a brave man and a leader of men.” In 1975, the park was proclaimed in his honor as a local hometown hero and has since become an important center in the community.

Make sure to check out Pitts Park on your next outing!

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07/22/2026

Yesterday, our CEO, Vanessa Morrison, joined BlackSpace on Behind the Blueprint, a national conversation series where planners, designers, and urbanists share the ideas, projects, and practices shaping Black communities and the future of our cities.

Vanessa shared how the Oklahoma Black Towns Homecoming demonstrates that culture is infrastructure—and how storytelling, preservation, cultural tourism, and community-led experiences can strengthen stewardship, support local economies, and help Black communities maintain cultural and economic authorship over place across generations. She also reflected on the inspiration and intentionality behind the Black Town Homecoming project.

S/O to our project partners and all the urbanists nationwide who tuned in, joined the conversation, and shared their excitement about our mission! Watch the full discussion at the link in our bio đź”—

Open Design would like to give a big, heartfelt thank you to .g.moore , Julissa Pena, and the Humanities in Place progr...
07/22/2026

Open Design would like to give a big, heartfelt thank you to .g.moore , Julissa Pena, and the Humanities in Place program for their generous support of our mission over the years. Their transformative investment of over $2M has stabilized Oklahoma’s last-standing historic Black theater, the theater, and provided our team with the critical resources necessary to steward this project.

As we begin phase 2 construction alongside the Jewel Foundation team, we are forever grateful for Mellon’s partnership and belief in the power of preservation and design to create lasting impact on our community. Together, we’re building a more inclusive and vibrant future that will span across generations.

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