Sapulpa is making a grand showing at this year’s Oklahoma Main Street Awards as the news arrives that the bustling community has been nominated in six different categories of the prestigious ceremony.
“Just to be listed as a finalist is an honor,” said Sapulpa Main Street Director Cindy Lawrence. “If we have the chance to actually sweep the awards and win in every category? That will be something we’ve never done before.”
Three of Sapulpa’s most successful projects were made finalists in the awards: The Route 66 Christmas Chute, Sapulpa’s “Rumble Fish Alley” development, and the new local business “Gasoline Alley Classics.”
The Oklahoma Main Street Awards winners will be announced in early May. For more information about the banquet or to purchase tickets please visit www.okmsf.org
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
