[MainstreetTowns] FW: Top award finalists.docx

[director at sapulpamainstreet.com]

Congratulations to all winners!!!  Can’t wait to see your projects.

 

Cindy McDonald

Executive Director

Sapulpa Main Street

101 E. Dewey Ave.

Sapulpa, OK  74066

918-224-5709

 

 

    Mission Statement

The purpose of the Main Street program is to preserve and enhance the
cultural heritage of Sapulpa, and to improve the quality of life by
revitalizing the Central Business District as the center of the Community.

 

This is done through education and management in organization, promotion,
design and economic vitality. 

 

 

 

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Good morning, everyone!

This was just sent, as you can see, to the statewide media.  

 

Congrats to all!

 

Kel

 


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Contact: Buffy Hughes

Oklahoma Main Street Center

Phone: (405) 815-6552

Email: Buffy.Hughes at OKcommerce.gov <mailto:Buffy.Hughes at OKcommerce.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release

March 1, 2017

 

Oklahoma Main Street Announces Award Finalists

 

(Oklahoma City, Okla.) – The Oklahoma Main Street Center announced today the
finalists of the program’s annual statewide awards competition. All
finalists will be honored, and the winners announced, at the 28th annual
Main Street Awards Banquet, May 9, at the Embassy Suites OKC
Downtown/Medical Center Hotel.

 

“The Oklahoma Main Street Center Awards Banquet celebrates the communities,
people and events that make the program thrive,” said Buffy Hughes, Oklahoma
Main Street director. “There are 21 competitive award categories
representing the Main Street Four Points, and 19 different programs are in
the top three of each.  We are always excited to see so many projects,
events and people highlighted by the local programs. It is a joyful time for
all involved in Main Street.” 

 

Each award category falls under one of the “four points” in the Main Street
Approach – Organization, Promotion, Economic Vitality and Design. Panels of
outside judges for each point review the entries and determine the winners.


 

The Community of the Year Award will recognize the Main Street program that
earned the most quality assurance points during the 2016 calendar year. The
top 10 programs (in alphabetical order) include: Altus, Bartlesville,
Duncan, Guymon, Hobart, Newkirk, Okmulgee, Ponca City, Prague, and
Wilburton. The top program will also be announced at the banquet.

 

In addition, the top Main Street Program Directors will be recognized at the
banquet.  Those making the top three this year include Stephen Boyd, Hobart
Main Street, Inc.; Melyn Johnson, Main Street Guymon Inc.; and Ed Sharrer,
Kendall Whittier Main Street. 

 

The award finalists are:

 

ORGANIZATION:

 

Premier Partner

Bartlesville – Hilton Garden Inn/Bartlesville

Okmulgee – Street Signs

Ponca City – City of Ponca City

 

Best Community Education/Public Awareness

Ardmore – “Your Favorite New Place” Billboard Campaign

Duncan – “This Place Matters”

Wilburton – Main Street Week Activities

 

Best Volunteer Development Program 

Durant – Durant High School Service Learning Project

Guymon – Football Families

Hobart – Main Street Design Committee

 

Main Street Hero

Altus – Shannon Preston

Newkirk – Caryl Morgan

Okmulgee – Richard Larabee

Ponca City – Richard Winterrowd

 

Best Creative Fundraising Effort

Durant – Dancing with the Stars

Okmulgee – Big Brain Trivia Night

Ponca City – 2016 Battle of the Burger

 

PROMOTION:

 

Premier Special Event Under 1,000 Attendees

Claremore – Food Truck Thursday

Enid – Butterfly Invasion

Enid – Downtown Dogfest

 

Premier Special Event Over 1,000 Attendees

Collinsville – 15th Annual Hogs ‘n’ Hot Rods

Durant – Trick or Treat on Third Street Carnival

Hobart – 9/11: Never Forget

 

Best Retail Event 

Durant – Dash for Cash

Ponca City – Ladies Night Out

Tahlequah – Ladies Night Out 2016

 

Outstanding Image Promotion 

Enid – Elf on the Downtown Shelf

Enid – Shop the Square & Main Street Menu

Ponca City – The Downtown Flyer

 

Creative New Event 

Hobart – 9/11: Never Forget

Ponca City – 2016 Battle of the Burger

Stockyards City – “Cowboys and Caboodles” Art Show and Sale

 

DESIGN: 

 

Best Placemaking Project

Enid – The Trail Mural

Ponca City – City of Ponca City/Light Poles & Street Signs

Ponca City – Veterans’ Plaza

 

Best Sustainable Design Project 

Enid – Lamp Post Refurbishment

Enid – Mural Program

Ponca City – Veterans’ Plaza

 

Best Interior Design Project 

Enid – Leonardo’s Children’s Museum

Kendall Whittier – The Beehive Lounge

Okmulgee – Park on the Square

 

Best Façade Rehabilitation Under $10,000 

Claremore – Barron Law Firm

Hobart – Krieger Insurance

Newkirk – A Perfect Day

 

Best Façade Rehabilitation Over $10,000 

Bartlesville – Chris Dizmang – CR Anthony Building

Claremore – Main Street Tavern

Newkirk – Newkirk City Hall

Tahlequah – Wilson Building Façade Project

 

Best Visual Merchandising 

Ada – Farm Girl Boutique

Ada – Rustic Ridge

McAlester – Harper and Gray House

 

Best Building/Business Branding 

Durant – Bliss Boutique

Kendall Whittier – The Beehive Lounge

Newkirk – Cheeky Burgers

 

ECONOMIC VITALITY:

 

Best Adaptive Reuse Project 

Claremore – Main Street Tavern

Hobart – Frisco Creek Barbeque

Newkirk – Inner Spaces

 

Best Business Practices 

Ada -- Scraptopia

Altus – Belles & Beaux

Durant – With Bump

 

Best New Business

Kendall Whittier – Calaveras Mexican Grill

Okmulgee – 102 Ristorante

Stockyards City – Prairie Dust Soaps and Stuff

 

Business of the Year

Hobart – General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute & Museum

Newkirk – Urban Prairie Art Gallery

Ponca City – Lewis Associates Architects, Inc.

 

The dinner and program will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased from
your local Main Street Program for $45.  

 

For a listing of Main Street programs in the state, or for more information
about the Oklahoma Main Street Program, please call (405) 815-6552 or visit
OKcommerce.gov/mainstreet.

 

 

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