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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Congratulations Ed and Kendall Whittier. You do so many wonderful things for your community, I am so happy for you !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#401E02'><img width=336 height=192 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4393E.B0283E50" alt="Business Card"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#401E02'>Cherokee Main Street is a community effort to preserve and promote the heart of the community, which is our downtown. Together, we unify the downtown historic district by creating an attractive destination in which businesses prosper, the community benefits, and residents and visitors enjoy a quality experience.</span></i></b><i><span style='color:#401E02'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces@lists.onenet.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kelli Yadon<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 21, 2018 9:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> mainstreettowns@lists.onenet.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [MainstreetTowns] Kendall Whittier Main Street<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As the Director of the Oklahoma Main Street Center, I want to congratulate Kendall Whittier Main Street, Ed Sharrer, and the Board of Directors on being a Semifinalist for a 2019 Great American Main Street Award. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2129'>Tulsa’s Kendall Whittier District, once home to the city’s first suburban shopping center, is now a model destination district for arts, culture, shopping and, of course, food trucks. By adapting the framework of the Main Street Approach to the needs of a diverse, creative, urban district, Kendall Whittier Main Street has created economic vitality, inclusive opportunity, and community transformation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2129'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2129'>Founded in 2010, Kendall Whittier Main Street has an impressive reinvestment ratio of $39.11—every $1 of public investment ($900,000) has generated $39.11 in private investment ($35.2 million)! They have also significantly reduced their vacancy rate from 65% to 3% exclusively through locally-owned businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2129'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2129'>The 2019 Great American Main Street Awards Winners will be announced at the 2019 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MainStreetNowConference/?fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARB7xWq4rYHMnZVKXjJPU3MliJBgesCKBqPmvQo3MtXp5PGGPN9pIUKOb5W47wouOvD-z2WIT3aH7PI2sV9c6C4djltaIFc-HDJMuZn0_XTnqEmcwH1NNjnFVqWVYk1nWsPuJ_PieJDi&__tn__=K-R"><span style='color:#365899'>Main Street Now Conference</span></a> in Seattle March 25.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=575 height=482 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D4393E.B0283E50"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have a good day,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Buffy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Gadugi'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Gadugi'>Buffy Hughes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>State Main Street Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oklahoma Department of Commerce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>900 N. Stiles Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E: <a href="mailto:Buffy.Hughes@okcommerce.gov">Buffy.Hughes@okcommerce.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>P: 405.815.5249<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>C: 405.664.1260<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=1192 style='width:893.75pt'><tr><td width=1192 style='width:893.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4BACC6'>OKcommerce.gov/main-street</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=1192 style='width:893.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:3.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1E9EE6'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=366 height=179 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D4393E.B0283E50" alt="MSALOGO-«_18COPROGRAM_WEB"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>