Oklahoma Main Street announces award finalists
| Press Release OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Main Street (OMS) Center announced today the finalists of the program’s annual statewide awards competition. All finalists will be recognized and the winners announced during the 33rd annual Main Street Awards Banquet, May 2, in Oklahoma City. Programs across the state competed in 23 award categories, including Newkirk and Ponca City, 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. “These award categories highlight the many activities, businesses, volunteers and Main Street programs throughout Oklahoma,” said Buffy Hughes, OMS Center director. “Each award entry, submitted by local Main Street programs, showcases the creativity and participation toward increasing revenue and spurring job creation for their historic commercial business districts. Congratulations to all our finalists from some steep competition.” The award finalists, in alphabetical order, are: Organization Premier Partner Duncan – PGM Processing LLC Enid – Park Avenue Thrift Ponca City – KR Automation Best Main Street Community Education Campaign Newkirk – Time Frame App Tahlequah – PocketSights Yukon – Yukon’s Best History & Display Contest Outstanding Community Engagement Effort Enid – Tools for Your Business/Herramientas Para Tu Negocio Ponca City – Ice on the Plaza Sapulpa – Route 66 Christmas Chute Main Street Hero Ardmore – Matt Hoage Ponca City – Lori Henderson Woodward – Jana Walker Best Creative Fundraising Effort Altus – Community Cares Bag Ponca City – Casino on Grand Ponca City – Ice on the Plaza Outstanding Public Official Pryor – Larry Lees Woodward – Rachael Van Horn Yukon – Shelli Selby Promotion Premier Special Event Under 1,000 Attendees Perry – Holiday Snow Tubing Stockyards City – “Oklahoma’s Best Beef” Competition Tahlequah – OksWagon Festival Premier Special Event Over 1,000 Attendees Ponca City – Ice on the Plaza Tahlequah – Red Fern Festival Yukon – Yukon’s Czech Christmas Market Best Main Street Retail Event Ponca City – Ladies Night Tahlequah – Ladies Night Out Yukon – Shop Small Scratchers Outstanding Image Promotion Ardmore – Refresh the West Ponca City – Branding Campaign Tahlequah – Community Rebrand Creative New Event Sapulpa – Route 66 Christmas Chute Stockyards City – “Oklahoma’s Best Beef” Competition Woodward – Giant Pumpkin Drop Design Best Placemaking Project Ardmore – Depot Park Historic Greenwood – AARP FitLot Sapulpa – Alley Redevelopment Best Interior Design Project Under $25,000 Altus – S & W Hair Supply Shop Ponca City – Pottery Place by The Doodle Academy Woodward – Persimmon Creek Gifts Best Interior Design Project Over $25,000 Okmulgee – The Merc on Morton Loft Perry – 1893 Axe House & Red Earth D’signs Sapulpa – Gasoline Alley Classics Best Façade Rehabilitation Over $10,000 Altus – The Booterie Perry – 1893 Axe House & Red Earth D’signs Best Visual Merchandising Sapulpa – Gasoline Alley Classics Stockyards City – Stockyards Sarsaparilla Yukon – Outside the Box at Urban Boondocks Best Building/Business Branding Altus – Perry & Co. Cherokee – Branding a Flamingo Yukon – Vladislava’s Czech Bakery & Café Economic Vitality Best Adaptive Reuse Project Under $25,000 Perry – Kemnitz Sinclair Station Ponca City – My Media Matters Ponca City – Spray’s Gifts Best Adaptive Reuse Project Over $25,000 Perry – 1893 Axe House Sapulpa – Gasoline Alley Classics Tahlequah – The Foundry on Shawnee Outstanding Entrepreneurial Endeavor Altus – The Studio Ponca City – My Media Matters Tahlequah – The Craft Addict Outstanding Business Expansion Enid – Enid Axe House Kendall Whittier – Fab Lab Tulsa Stockyards City – National Saddlery Best New Business Kendall Whittier – Anthousai Floral Shop Ponca City – The Farm House Kids Co. Tahlequah – Rafa’s Burrito Company Business of the Year Enid – Settlers Brewing Co. Perry – Fosters Corner Drug Yukon – The Arrangement The dinner and program will begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information about the banquet or to purchase tickets please visit www.okmsf.org/awards-banquet.html#/.
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