[MainstreetTowns] The news you have all been waiting for..........

[dsavage at rt66mainstreet.org]

How exciting
..we are thrilled! Thank you for the email.

 

Donna Savage

Tulsa Route 66 Main Street

918-445-4457

 

From: MainstreetTowns <mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net> On Behalf
Of Kelli Yadon
Sent: Friday, March 1, 2019 4:53 PM
To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net
Subject: [MainstreetTowns] The news you have all been waiting for..........

 

Thank you for being patient!!!

Congrats to all of the award finalists!!  

 

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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, 2019

 

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 30th annual Main
Street Awards Banquet, May 7, at the Embassy Suites OKC Downtown/Medical
Center Hotel in Oklahoma City.

 

“For 30 years now, we have come together to celebrate our valuable
volunteers, business and building owners, program directors and board
members throughout the state of Oklahoma,” said Buffy Hughes, Oklahoma Main
Street Center Director. “It is our opportunity to recognize these
outstanding people, places, businesses and events. These award entries, sent
in by local Main Street programs, highlight the enthusiasm, creativity and
responsibility toward increasing revenue and creating jobs for the local
historic business districts. This is our way to show our appreciation for
all of their hard work.”

 

Programs compete in 21 award categories representing the “four points” of
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 Main Street Program of the Year award recognizes the top program in the
state. The programs earning the most quality assurance points during the
2018 calendar year are invited to submit a short essay in support of their
selection as Main Street Program of the Year. A panel of outsides judges
review the essays to determine the winner. The programs for 2018 (in
alphabetical order) include: Altus, Claremore, El Reno, Enid, Guymon,
Idabel, Newkirk, Ponca City, Stockyards City, Tulsa Route 66, and Wilburton.
The program of the year will be announced at the banquet.

 

In addition, the Watonga Bob Shoemaker Award, given to the outstanding
program director, will be awarded at the banquet. A local program director
must first be nominated by their own board of directors. Attending required
trainings, on-time statistical reporting, as well as state staff and peer
ratings determine the top program directors. Those making the top of the
list this year include: Stephanie Gardner, Durant Main Street; Melyn
Johnson, Main Street Guymon Inc.; Chelsea McConnell, Ponca City Main Street;
and Tamra Bell, Wilburton Main Street. 

 

The award finalists are:

 

ORGANIZATION:

Premier Partner

Enid – Enid Regional Development Alliance
Kendall Whittier – Ziegler Art & Frame

Newkirk – City of Newkirk

 

Best Community Education/Public Awareness

Enid – Trolley Tours

Newkirk – Public Planning Meeting/SCOT Analysis

Okmulgee – Talk Local @ The Lokal with Green Country Technology Center

 

Best Volunteer Development Program 

Duncan – Team Up to Clean Up
Hobart – Main Street Design Committee
Newkirk – Children’s Christmas Shop

Main Street Hero

Perry – Michelle Taylor

Ponca City – Terron Liles

Tulsa Route 66 – Jeannie Cue

 

Best Creative Fundraising Effort

Claremore – Music on Main

Enid – History Makers Campaign

Wilburton – Relics and Rods Car Show, Swap Meet, Cruise Night and Fireworks

 

 

PROMOTION:

Premier Special Event Under 1,000 Attendees

Ponca City – 125th Birthday Celebration for Ponca City

Wilburton – Relics and Rods Car Show, Swap Meet, Cruise Night and Fireworks
Wilburton – Twenty Men Who Cook

 

Premier Special Event Over 1,000 Attendees

Ada – Ada Fest

Duncan – Wine’n on the Chisolm Trail Festival

El Reno – The Burger Day Festival

 

Best Retail Event 

Duncan – Holiday Stroll

Durant – Santa’s Very Merry Main Street

Enid – Trolley Tours

 

Outstanding Image Promotion 

Enid – Pedestrian Kiosks

Ponca City – Rebranding Ponca City Main Street

Tulsa Route 66 – Main Street Image Promotion

 

Creative New Event 

Cherokee – Touch a Community

Guymon – Pangea: An International Evening

Kendall Whittier – Kendall Whittier Ale Trail

 

 

DESIGN: 

Best Placemaking Project

Claremore – Alley Activation 2025 Mural

Enid – Safer Street Simulation

Okmulgee – Outdoor Fitness Court

 

Best Sustainable Design Project 

Claremore – Studio B Artworks

Duncan – Downtown Bench Restoration

Okmulgee – OSUIT “GOPO” (Grand Old Post Office)

 

Best Interior Design Project 

Ardmore – Blake Bush Family Eye Care Clinic

Kendall Whittier – The Bobby Pin

McAlester – The Venue

 

Best Façade Rehabilitation Under $10,000 

Altus – Lady Austin’s

Claremore – Back in the Day

Tulsa Route 66 – Downtown Red Fork/Tulsa Stove Hospital Mural

 

Best Façade Rehabilitation Over $10,000 

Ardmore – Chapman Building

Kendall Whittier – The Taproom at Marshall Brewing

Okmulgee – OSUIT “GOPO” (Grand Old Post Office)

 

Best Visual Merchandising 

Ada – Rustic Ridge

Duncan – Distinctive-Décor.com

Perry – Yankee Dime Mercantile

 

Best Building/Business Branding 

Claremore – Claremore Museum of History (MoH)

Durant – Bliss Boutique

Tahlequah – The Spring Street Hideaway

 

 

ECONOMIC VITALITY:

Best Adaptive Reuse Project 

Kendall Whittier – Flash Flood Print Studios

Tahlequah – The Spring Street Hideaway

Tulsa Route 66 – Red Fork Distillery

 

Best Business Practices 

Ada – Serendipity on Main
Cherokee – NAPA/Ace Hardware

Claremore – The Horse of Course

Ponca City - Whimsy

 

Best New Business

Altus – Just Brew It Coffee House

Kendall Whittier – Heirloom Rustic Ales

Ponca City – Vortex Alley Brewing

 

Business of the Year

Ada – McSwain Theatre

Ada – Serendipity on Main

Kendall Whittier – Marshall Brewing Company

 

The reception will begin at 5:30 and the dinner and program will begin at
6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased from your local Main Street Program
representative 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.

 

 

*	End    -

 

 

Kelli S. Yadon

Oklahoma Main Street Center

900 N. Stiles Ave. 

Oklahoma City, OK  73104

c: 405.778.9375

o: 405.815.5379

800.879.6552 (toll-free)

 

 



 

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