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<p class="MsoNormal">Saw this on Main Street America’s FB post….<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">How many people visited Main Streets in 2023? Using data from
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Those Oklahoma Main Street programs having more than 100,000 visitors in a year:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Historic Greenwood – more than 707,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Stockyards City – more than 638,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Kendall Whittier – more than 483,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Tulsa Rt 66 – more than 456,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Sapulpa – more than 436,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Enid – more than 284,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Tahlequah – more than 208,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Durant, 198,121<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Ada – 195,448<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Woodward – 186,504<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">El Reno – 181,375<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Muskogee – 170,274<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Ardmore – nearly 169,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Locust Grove – more than 157,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Altus – more than 128,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Pryor – 121, 029<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Ponca City – 119,530<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Okmulgee – 118,330<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Guymon 113,222<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="html-span"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">I may have missed on here or there but take a peek for yourself at the link provided above.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kelli Yadon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Program Coordinator | Oklahoma Main Street Center<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">405.815.5379 (office)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">405.778-9375 (cell)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Kelli.Yadon@okcommerce.gov">Kelli.Yadon@okcommerce.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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