[MainstreetTowns] It is finally here! Virtual Banquet announcement!

Fri Dec 11 12:49:49 CST 2020

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Please join us if you can on December 15th, 6:30pm via Facebook live. If you aren’t able to join us ….the video will be available via youtube later that same week. 😊

Press release below and attached!

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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

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 during the 31st annual Main Street Awards Virtual Banquet on December 15th at 6:30 p.m. via Facebook.

Programs across the state competed in 20 award categories representing the “four points” of the Main Street Approach – Organization, Promotion, Economic Vitality and Design. Panels of outside judges for each point reviewed the entries and determined the winners.

The Main Street Program of the Year award will recognize the top program in the state. The programs earning the most quality assurance points during the 2019 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 2019 (in alphabetical order) include:  Altus, Ardmore, Cherokee, El Reno, Enid, Kendall Whittier, Newkirk, Okmulgee, Ponca City, 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. The nomination is based on 10 different categories. Ratings by their peers and state staff determine the top program directors. Those making the top of the list this year include:  Jeff DiMiceli, Ardmore Main Street Authority; Schaun Aker, Cherokee Main Street; Heather Sumner, Okmulgee Main Street; and Chelsea McConnell, Ponca City Main Street.

The award finalists, in alphabetical order, are:

ORGANIZATION:
Premier Partner
El Reno – Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
Kendall Whittier – Ziegler Art & Frame
Sapulpa – American Heritage Bank

Best Community Education/Public Awareness
Durant – The Influencer Program
Enid – Main Street CLUE
Ponca City – Main Street Mixer

Best Volunteer Development Program
Altus – Adopt a Flower Bed
Hobart – Main Street Promotion Committee
Newkirk – Newkirk Leadership Class

Main Street Hero
Durant – Curt Walker, Develop Durant 123
Newkirk – Hannah Cross
Sapulpa – Will Berry

Best Creative Fundraising Effort
Enid – 12 Days of Christmas Sponsorship Display
Kendall Whittier – K9s of K-Dub Calendar
Ponca City – BrewFest

PROMOTION:
Premier Special Event Under 1,000 Attendees
Cherokee – Classic Christmas Event on Grand Avenue
Durant – Who’s Holiday
Ponca City – BrewFest

Premier Special Event Over 1,000 Attendees
Ada – Ada Fest
Newkirk – Charlie Adams Day
Yukon – Rock the Route

Best Retail Event
Enid – Main Street CLUE
Enid – Main Street Mini Golf
Tahlequah – Ladies Night out

Outstanding Image Promotion
Altus – Partnership Brochure
Enid – Monthly Awareness Banners
Guymon – Pangaea: An International Event

Creative New Event
Cherokee – Touch a Community
Ponca City – Main Street Mixer
Yukon – Cruise-In for a Cause

DESIGN:
Best Placemaking Project
Altus – The Enchanted Alley
Enid – Giant Scrabble
McAlester – The Lot on Choctaw

Best Interior Design Project
Kendall Whittier – The Bobby Pin
Ponca City – Edward Jones Office
Stockyards City – Grain and Grange

Best Façade Rehabilitation Under $10,000
Altus – Southwest Crop Insurance
Ardmore – Marvin’s Place Art Gallery
Tahlequah – Spring Street Hideaway

Best Façade Rehabilitation Over $10,000
Altus – Whirlwind Book Bar
Kendall Whittier – American Solera
Tahlequah – Kroner & Baer

Best Visual Merchandising
Durant – The Modern Tot
El Reno – Hot Mess Boutique
Sapulpa – GiGi’s Gourmet Popcorn
Tahlequah – Kimberly’s Boutique

Best Building/Business Branding
Altus – Bud + Bloom Clothing Co.
Enid – Enid Brewing Company
Ponca City – City Central

ECONOMIC VITALITY:
Best Adaptive Reuse Project
Altus – Whirlwind Book Bar
Claremore – Tap on the Tracks
Kendall Whittier – Four. Seven. Three.

Best Business Practices
Ada – The Diamond Shop
Cherokee – NAPA/Ace Hardware
Ponca City – Ponca City Development Authority

Best New Business
El Reno – Our Glass
Stockyards City – McClintock’s Saloon and Chop House
Yukon – Urban Boondocks Market

Business of the Year
Ada – McSwain Theatre
Altus – The Enchanted Door
Tulsa Route 66 – Red Fork Distillery

For more information about the banquet or the Oklahoma Main Street Center, please call (405) 815-6552 or visit OKcommerce.gov/mainstreet.

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Kelli Yadon | Programs Coordinator
Oklahoma Main Street Center | Oklahoma Department of Commerce
Kelli.Yadon at okcommerce.gov<mailto:Kelli.Yadon at okcommerce.gov>
p. 405-815-5379 | c. 405-778-9375
OKcommerce.gov<https://okcommerce.gov/>
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