This Vision 2025 project was completed in June 2007. Follow-up projects, such as roof replacement, were funded by building tenant revenues and were completed in July 2009.
Former Commissioner Randi Miller and Steve Alter, 2007 Chairman of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, officially cut the ribbon on June 19, 2007 to open the new home of the OJHF. Mayor Kathy Taylor issued a proclamation that officially made June 19, 2007, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Day in the City of Tulsa.
On June 23, 2007, the Jazzfest was celebrated as the first public event at the new location.
Background:
Tulsa County Commissioners approved on January 12, 2004 the purchase of the Tulsa Union Depot, the historic Tulsa train station, for use by the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame to be developed with Vision 2025 funds.
