[MainstreetTowns] Reminder: ....invite numbers

[Kelli Yadon]

Just reminding you....let me know how many invites you need/want.
I will also have an electronic version available as well ...
Invites are (hopefully) going to be mailed out around the 18/19th...to each community that requests them.  I realize that is spring break...but it is the earliest I can get them out.

RSVP sheets and instructions will also be mailed and emailed out to everyone at that time.
If you have any questions, please let me know.


So far I have heard from:
KW
Ponca
Enid



From: Kelli Yadon <Kelli.Yadon at okcommerce.gov>
Sent: Friday, March 1, 2019 4:57 PM
To: Kelli Yadon <Kelli.Yadon at okcommerce.gov>; mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net
Subject: RE: The news you have all been waiting for..........

With this news.....be thinking of how many, if any, printed invites you will want/need. I will be sending invites to the printer end of next week.  Thanks!!!!

Kel


From: MainstreetTowns <mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net<mailto: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<mailto: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.



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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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