The 2017 GO Bond Package will provide for beautification efforts across the city.

Part of the 2017 GO Bond package will pay for a new roadway over the levee in Case Community Park, providing easier access to the BMX track, Will Ramsey Softball Complex, and Case DiscGolfPark.

Sand Springs is the perfect place for your next development. Whether you are looking to build shopping centers and housing additions, or to expand your business operations, this is the town for you!

This Tulsa bedroom community offers great quality of life with extensive parks and recreation opportunities including camping, rafting, hiking, fishing, boating, rock climbing, and more.

Biking and walking trails weave strategically throughout the city to provide both recreation and alternative transportation for the eco-friendly.

With some of the best public schools in Oklahoma and 6A athletic programs, Sand Springs is the ideal place to raise a family.

The success of recent housing developments such as Teal Ridge, Walnut Ridge, Lakeside, Timberling Hollow, and Stone Villa shows that "if you build it, they will come."

Highways 51, 412, and 97 bring large amounts of traffic through Sand Springs, making it a great place for commercial development, especially hotels, motels, and eateries. 

Pogue Airport is a highly acclaimed regional business airport and provides a convenient alternative to Tulsa International for small commercial traffic. The terminal includes conference rooms, office space, and weather-monitoring and flight-planning equipment. 

The Sand Springs Railway Company is a Class Three freight rail service operating 32 miles of track between Sand Springs and Tulsa, and connecting with Union Pacific and BNSF. Their services include rail-to-truck and truck-to-rail transloading and inventory management. 

Sand Springs is a thriving suburb with a median household income of $64,043. 88.9% of Sandites have graduated high school and 23.5% hold bachelor's degrees or higher. The average age in the city is 36.5.

The City had a 2020 population of 19,874 and an additional 5,000 people commute to Sand Springs from outside communities for work. More than 225,000 people live within ten miles of downtown Sand Springs

The Sand Springs Trade Area includes the towns of Hominy, Pawnee, Cleveland, Yale, Oilton, Mannford, and many smaller unincorporated communities as well as the Skiatook and Keystone Lakes. 

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2024:

• Noxon Studio opens at 407 E. Broadway on January 1st.

2023:

• Old School Bagel Café opens at 152 West Alexander Boulevard.

• Touch of Sun and Frank Mitchell Mamola & Associates relocate to new Rock Hill Center at 3300 South State Highway 97.

• Tropical Smoothie Café opens at 502 West Morrow Road in Sheffield Crossing.

• Sandite Tan & Tea closes on August 7th.

• Hippy Cowgirls Bou-dega closes on September 9th.

• China Star Buffet closes on October 27th.

• OkieSpice & Trade Co. closes on October 29th.

• Coble’s Creations relocates to 103 N. Main St. on November 3rd.

• Wild Ones Plant Shop and Lash Lounge opens at 116 N. Main St. on November 17th.

• Wendy’s demolishes old building and reopens brand new facility at same location.

• Chili’s Grill & Bar opens at 10 S. Main St. on December 18th.

• Jennifer Dubler Photography Studio closes at 407 E. Broadway.

2022:

• Hippy Cowgirls Bou-dega opens at 103 N Main St.

• The Prepared Church opens at 210 E Broadway St. Suite B.

• Schlotzsky’s opens at 141 W. Alexander Blvd in the River West shopping center.

• Dutch Bro’s Coffee opens at 490 OK-97.

• YellowHouse Kids Boutique closes shop, remains open as event space.

• Pyramid Printing relocates from 104 West 2nd Street to 113 West 1st Street.

• Noble Axe closes business.

• Hammond Family Dentistry closes in downtown.

• Main Street Dental opens at 10 W Broadway St. on August 1st.

2021:

• Noble Axe opens at 216 N Lincoln Ave.

• Westside Wellness opens at 1138 E Charles Page Blvd.

• MedWise Urgent Care opens at 110 E 41st St.

• Big Dipper Creamery opens at 120 N Main St.

• Stanton Optical opens at 152 Alexander Blvd Suite B in the River West Shopping Center.

• YellowHouse Kids Boutique opens at 14 W 2nd St.

• Salon Thirty-Six opens at 107 E Broadway St.

• Wondrous Kids Pediatric Therapy opens at 117 N Main St.

• Electrical Alliances opens at 101 West 2nd St.

2020:

• Chick-Fil-A opens in Sheffield Crossing - Read Story.

• Zackery Park opens in RiverWest - Read Story.

• Charles Page High School Freshman Academy opens - Read Story.

• Tulsa Federal Credit Union closes Reasor’s Branch - Read Story.

2019:

• Life of Riley Sports Bar opens in Prattville - Read Story.

• Tulsa Teachers Credit Union breaks ground in River West - Read Story.

• Sand Springs Public Schools break ground on new 9th Grade Center - Read Story.

• Composure Health Spa opens in Prattville Center - Read Story.

• Sar Shalom Synagogue opens in Harris Shopping Center.

• LightHeart Cannabis Company opens in Morrow-Gill Business Park. - Read Story.

• Dr. Cannabis LLC opens in Cox Center. - Read Story.

• Therapeutic Herbal Care opens at 1126 E. Charles Page Blvd. - Read Story.

• Nature’s Apothecary opens in Cox Center. - Read Story.

• Billie A. Hall Public Safety Center opens in Sheffield Crossing. - Read Story.

• Church That Matters buys Terry’s Classic Coneys, reopens as Southside Coneys. - Read Story.

• Phoenix Academic Center opens in former Moriah Christian Academy building. - Read Story.

• Morrow-Gill Business Park opens. - Read Story.

• First Christian Church commissions centennial mural.

2018:

• Tulsa Bone & Joint opens clinic in Springs Village. - Read Story.

• Sandlot Sno-Balls opens second location at Prattville Center. - Read Story.

• ALDI grocery store opens in River West development. - Read Story.

• Sand Springs Leader closes local office. - Read Story.

• Sand Springs Flowers changes ownership and location. - Read Story.

• ZegART Studios opens in Atwoods Plaza. - Read Story.

• AcupunctureOK relocates from 302 N McKinley to 25 E Broadway.

• American Shaman opens at Atwoods Plaza. - Read Story.

• Prattville QuikTrip reopens after total demolition and reconstruction.

• Braum's Hamburgers reopens after total demolition and reconstruction

• The House of Hair and Boutique rebrands as OkieGirls Salon and Boutique.

• "The Waiting Station" mural by Josh Butts is complete in downtown.

• Atwoods undergoes massive expansion, takes over neighboring storefronts.

• Colton's Steak House and Grill opens in River West.

• Construction begins on Rivercrest housing development.

• Coble's Flowers relocates from The Shops at Adams Road to 206 North Main Street.

• Warren Clinic Primary and Urgent Care opens in River West. - Read Story.

• Myers Marketing and We Are Sand Springs relocate to 118 North Main Street.

• Automatic Spotless Car Wash at 3300 South Highway 97 is demolished.

• Chere's Hallmark Gift Shop closes in Springs Village.

• Ed and Tracy's closes on Charles Page Boulevard.

• QuikTrip reopens at 2 West 41st Street after being demolished and rebuilt.

• New Fire Station No. 2 is built and old building is demolished.

• Kelly Smith opens Farmers Insurance location in Springs Village.

• Brownie's Hamburgers opens in Shops at Adams Road.

2017:

• Ray Brown Park receives $37,000 renovation. - Read Story.

• Payless ShoeSource closes Sand Springs location. - Read Story.

• Stacys' Vintage Guitars opens inside Stacy's Resale Shop in downtown. - Read Story

• OSU Medicine opens new clinic in Adams Road Shopping Center.

• Chris and Julie Bedokis open Dog and Duck Antiques Shop downtown. - Read Story

• Ray Brown Park celebrates renovation with ribbon cutting ceremony. - Read Story

• El Maguey relocates to RiverWest Development. - Read Story

• Chinowth and Cohen Realtors construct new building in Prattville.

• Warehouse Market rebrands as Cox Cash Saver's.

• WSB Homes, LLC opens new location in downtown Sand Springs. - Read Story

• Future Vision Ministries closes downtown storefront.

• Celeste McCracken opens The Ground Floor Salon at 401 East Broadway Court.

• Sand Springs Round Up Club is evicted from River City Park. - Read Story

• Twin Cities Elementary is demolished. - Read Story

• Janeway Castle Stone Estate & Venue opens in Southwest Sand Springs. - Read Story

• DejaVu Decor closes shop in historic fashion building at 122 North Main Street. - Read Story

• YellowHouse Market & Boutique relocates to historic Chastain's building. - Read Story

• River City Park is renamed Case Community Park after $6.2 million renovation. - Read Story.

• Edward Jones Investments Agent Casey Loper opens new Prattville location. - Read Story.

• Stage department store relocates from Atwoods Plaza to 651 East Charles Page Blvd. - Read Story.

• Green Barn resale shop is destroyed by fire. - Read Story.

• It's Just a Girl Thing Boutique opens in Prattville.

• Firestone rebrands as Guaranty Auto Service.

• The House of Hair and Boutique opens at 407 East Broadway.

• El Patron Cocina Mexicana opens in Shops at Adam's Road.

• Church That Matters buys Do-Overs Furniture and The Prattville Market.

• Bottoms & Beyond Boutique closes business.

• Construction begins on Teal Ridge housing development.

2016:

• Silver Linings Boutique closed storefront in downtown, moved to booth in The Vintage Stables on Main.

• Beau Wilson Insurance opens in downtown Sand Springs.

• The Book Box closes in downtown Sand Springs.

• Terry's Classic Coneys partners with Harper's Hut Shaved Ice to serve Harper's in Prattville.

• Kim and Jeremy Herrington open Harper's Hut River City Concessions.

• Sandlot Sno-Balls closes River City Concessions location.

• Sandite Pride News, LLC officially incorporates in Sand Springs.

• Broadway Barber Shop opens in downtown Sand Springs.

• Urban Tails pet shop closes in downtown Sand Springs.

• Stacys' Resale Shop opens in downtown Sand Springs.

• Mike and Lisa Miller open YellowHouse Market & Boutique in Livi Lee's Shopping Center.

• Troy and Stephanie Cleveland open The Vintage Stables on Main at 115 North Main Street.

• Ms. Mandi’s Preschool and Early Learning Center opens at 7902 E. Charles Page Blvd.

• J&J Powersports moves from old Cox Furniture building to 704 W. 41st St.

2015: 

• Brad Crain opens Sandlot Sno-Balls in former Livi Lee's Summer Snow building.

• JwY's Snowcones rebrands as Livi Lee's Summer Snow under same owners.

• Livi Lee's Daylight Donuts opens Prattville location.

• The Book Box relocates from Prattville to downtown Sand Springs.

• Sandlot Sno-Balls opens River City Concessions.

• Holiday Inn Express opens in RiverWest Development.

• Mile High Designs opens at 13722 West Highway 51.

2014:

• William Nozak opens Harper's Hut Shaved Ice & Java on Charles Page Boulevard.

• Spring Dental opens at 530 Plaza Court.

• Sand Springs Autosource opens at 1114 East Charles Page Boulevard.

• K-Mart closes its 1200 E. Charles Page Blvd. location.

• The Office on Main opens at 109 N. Main St.

2013: 

• April Sellers opens Silver Linings Boutique in downtown.

• Johnathan Wygle purchases Shipley's Daylight Donuts on Kampus Korner, rebrands as Livi Lee's Daylight Donuts.

• Quilt Nuts opens at 216 North Main Street.

2012:

• Advanced Weight Loss Clinic of Sand Springs opens at 401 East Broadway Court.

2010:

• Joni's on the Triangle Hair Salon opens at 211 North Main Street.

• The Hartford Sand Springs Insurance opens at 203 North Main Street.

• Laurie Joslin closes Chastain's Casual Cafe, opens DejaVu Decor at 122 North Main Street.

• Elizabeth Rose opens Boomarang Diner at 120 North Main Street.

• Osage Forest of Peace is reorganized as 501c3 nonprofit retreat.

2009:

• Dustin Wyzard Insurance opens at 203 North Main Street.

2008:

• GX2 Records is founded by I.J. Ganem and Morgan Ganem in Tulsa.

2007:

• American Legion Post 17 was renamed after Billie A. Hall.

• Keystone Ancient Forest park is founded.

2006:

• Snapdragon Photography begins doing business in Sand Springs.

2005:

• Johnathan Wygle opens JwY's Snow Cones in Warehouse Market parking lot.

• Battman Collision Repair opens at 702 East Pecan Street.

2003:

• The Lunch Box expands into neighboring storefront. Rebrands as Chastains Casual Cafe and Catering Company.

2002:

• Integrity Pest Management opens at 4010 South 113th West Avenue.

1998:

• Sand Springs Welfare Association changes name to Sand Springs Community Services.

1997:

• Laurie and Don Rhodes open The Back Porch Cafe at 122 North Main Street.

• Dianne Platt and Libby Robinson open Tasteful Treasures at 12 West 2nd Street.

• Kandice Rinowski and Grant Simmons open Painted Picket at 10 West 2nd Street.

• Paula and Lonnie Stevens open Point of View decor at 28 East Broadway.

• Jynell and Donald Cowett open Sand Springs Harvest Health Food & Herbs.

1996:

• Cecil & Sons Discount Tires opens Prattville location at 4002 South Highway 97.

1995:

• DaySpring Villa opens as Oklahoma’s first faith-based certified shelter for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.

1994:

• Dr. Mehrdad Emami opens Galleria of Smiles at 104 West 41st Street.

• Hissom Center closes down.

1992:

• West Side Alliance Soccer Club is founded.

• Ball Corp. purchases Kerr Glass Manufacturing plant in Sand Springs and closes it.

1991:

• Oklahoma Martial Arts America opens.

• St. Andrew Lutheran Church opens at 3210 South 113th West Avenue.

1987:

• Sand Springs Flowers relocates to 206 North Main Street.

• Sand Springs Sertoma Club is chartered as part of the International Sertoma Organization.

1986:

• Springs, Inc. is established as a nonprofit organization serving individuals with developmental disabilities.

1981:

• New Fire Station 1 building is complete. Original Station 1 is demolished.

1979:

• Spoon Drug opens at 540 Plaza Court.

• New Arkansas River bridge is dedicated.

• Sister Pascaline Coff and the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration open Osage Forest of Peace monastic ashram.

1978:

• Discoveryland! opens.

1976:

• Doug's Sand Springs Rebuilders opens at 116 North Main Street.

1975:

• St. Patrick's Parochial School closes its doors after 50 years.

1974:

• Dean's Coney Island opens for business at 634 East Charles Page Boulevard.

1973:

• Cecil & Son's Discount Tires opens at 204 East Morrow Road.

1970:

• Sand Springs population surpasses 11,000.

1968:

• Keystone Dam construction is completed, Keystone Lake is formed.

• Construction begins on Keystone Expressway, destroying majority of sandy springs.

1967:

• Firestone opens at 215 East Broadway Street.

1966:

• Work begins on the Keystone Expressway

1965:

• Sand Springs annexes Prattville.

1964:

• Hissom Memorial Center opens in Prattville.

1957:

• Construction begins on Keystone Dam.

1955:

• The Sand Springs Railroad runs its last interurban street car.

1949:

• Pierce Refinery shuts down.

1948:

• Sand Springs Sand & Gravel Company opens.

1938:

• New train depot opens on South Main.

1935:

• Phoenix Refinery shuts down and is dismantled.

1931:

• American Legion Post 17 receives permanent state charter.

• New concrete Arkansas River bridge is finished.

1930:

• Page Memorial Library is constructed by request of Lucile Page.

1929:

• Statue of Charles Page is unveiled in Sand Springs Triangle.

1928:

• Lucille Page founds the Sand Springs Welfare Association.

1925:

• St. Patrick's Parochial School opens in St. Patrick's Cathedral.

1923:

• Sand Springs Home opens new $1 million cotton mill on Adams Road.

1922:

• Construction of Shell Lake Dam and founding of Shell Lake.

1920:

• First Christian Church of Sand Springs opens at 501 North Main Street.

• Shell Creek Dam is completed and Sand Springs begins selling water to Tulsa - transported through wooden pipes.

1919:

• American Legion Post 17 is founded with a temporary charter.

• St. Patrick's Catholic Church is founded.

• First Christian Church of Sand Springs is organized.

1918:

• Sand Springs Home dormitory construction is finished.

1917:

• First bridge across Arkansas River is built.

• First Presbyterian Church constructs new facility at Fourth and Main.

1916:

• Construction begins on four-story brick dormitory at Sand Springs Home.

• The first Arkansas River bridge is built in Sand Springs from a repurposed Tulsa bridge.

1915:

• Liberty Theater opens.

• Star Theater opens.

• Harmony Theater opens.

1914:

• The Army Legging Company opens in Sand Springs.

• Sand Springs Manufacturing Company opens.

• Pierce Oil Corporation opens new refinery in Sand Springs.

• Kerr Glass Company opens Sand Springs manufacturing plant.

• William H. Stricker purchases the Globe theater.

• $16,000 bond measure is passed to build township highway from Tulsa to Terlton.

• Reverend J.C. Henderson founds the Sand Springs Methodist Episcopal Church.

• February 1st - J.A. Price opens meat market inside Gladson’s Midway Cafe.

• February 2nd - Boston department store opens.

• May 7 - Sand Springs Leader begins publishing.

• Globe Theater rebrands as Family Theater.

• Hall & Orr’s Meat Market relocates to Holtom Building.

• Dad Shipton Barber Shop opens in Kinsbury Building basement.

• J.E. Brown opens barbecue restaurant.

• Charles Page donates land for new city dump.

1913:

• Phoenix Refinery opens.

• Osage Iron & Steel opens.

• Zink Smelter begins operation.

• Nicholson Smelter relocates to Sand Springs from Gas City, Kansas.

• Weber Dry Goods Co. opens Sand Springs location in new Davis Telephone Building.

• New Sand Springs City Hall and Jail is constructed.

• Hall & Orr’s Meat Market opens.

• Ferner & Turner open dental practice in the Kingsbury Building.

• Sand Springs Furniture Company opens in the Kingsbury Building.

• Carpenter and Co. Grocery Store opens.

• T.B. Adrean Leather Shop opens.

• N.J. Backes & Sons Contractors & Builders opens.

• J.O. Brown Carpenter & Contractor opens in Kingsbury building.

• R.E. Freeman General Painting Contractor opens business.

• R.B. Parrack opens Parrack’s Economy Cash Store at old Bell Stand on Lincoln Ave.

• A.E. Havens opens new hotel and café on Main Street.

• Construction begins on new $30,000 school building.

1912:

• City of Sand Springs is incorporated.

• Sand Springs Home is incorporated.

• J.B. Chandler opens Sand Springs Bakery.

• April 6 - Sand Springs Review begins publishing.

• New $12,000 carousel is erected at Sand Springs Park.

• Bank of Sand Springs opens in the Dalton Building at 202 N Main.

• Art Stanton’s opens in Sand Springs.

• Ernest and Lillian Ruebsam opens Ruebsam Hotel & Restaurant on Lincoln Avenue.

• Dr. Charles E. Calhoun opens practice in Kingsbury Building over the post office.

• Architect H. A. Mott opens office in Kingsbury Building.

• First Presbyterian Church constructs new building.

• Lawless Brothers General Merchants open business near 2nd and Garfield.

• Shreck Supply Company opens.

• Havens Pool Hall and Barber Shop opens on Main Street.

• First Baptist Church opens.

• Mabelle White opens Pioneer Place newsstand.

• W.A. Hobaugh opens Union Hotel on Main Street near the powerhouse.

• Sand Springs Booster Club purchases ferry barge to transport goods across the river.

• Sand Springs Stove Company opens.

• Sand Springs Pharmacy opens.

• Vincent & Gray open Second Street Barber Shop.

• Sand Springs Decorating Company opens.

• Globe Theater opens.

• J.H. Gladson’s Midway Cafe opens.

• Frank Gray opens Gray Hotel at corner of 2nd and Lincoln.

• German-American Car Company opens manufacturing plant in Sand Springs.

• Shultz Plumbing Company opens at 2nd and McKinley.

• W.L. Mills opens grocery store at 110 N. Main.

• Dickason-Goodman Lumber Company opens on South Main Street.

• R.F. Fleenor opens Fleenor Transfer Line on Garfield Ave.

1911:

• Construction begins on Sand Springs Power and Water Company.

• Imperial Manufacturing Company relocates from Independence, Kansas.

• Sand Springs Lumber Company opens.

• J. Morris and J.F. O’Connell open Sand Springs Plumbing & Roofing Co.

• The Sand Springs Park opens.

• The Sand Springs Investment Company opens in the Kingsbury Building.

1910:

• The Community Church is founded. It is later renamed First Presbyterian Church of Sand Springs.

• Neodesha Glass Factory opens.

1908:

• Charles Page acquires land that will become Sand Springs.

• Charles Page opens Sand Springs Flowers.

1907:

• State of Oklahoma is founded.

1886:

• Postoak Cemetery is founded.

1883:

• Tullahassee Indian Cemetery is founded.