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May 7, 2013 (Online May 16) Local Main Street Program Won 3 State Level Awards |
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Good Morning Bill
and Ted: I am attaching a press release announcing the winners of the Main Streets Awards. Winners were announced at the Main Street Awards Banquet held in Oklahoma City last night (May 7, 2013).
I am very proud to announce that the Collinsville Main Street program brought home three (3) first place awards. One for Hogs'n'Hot Rods 2012, one for Best Web presence, and one for Best Business practices (Tyson Baker, Reach Clothing, LLC).
Thank you so much
for all that you do to promote us! Program Director |
-- 5/8/2013 |
Oklahoma Main Street Announces 2013 Award Winners |
For Immediate Release May 8, 2013 (Oklahoma City, Okla.) The Oklahoma Main Street Center announced the winners in 20 competitive award categories during the 24th annual Main Street Awards Banquet, May 7, at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. We are pleased to announce the following winners in each of the respective categories, said Linda Barnett, director of the Oklahoma Main Street program. All of the entries highlight the wonderful things happening around the state. Through the events, the volunteers, the restoration efforts and all the other things that make our downtowns so great, these award winners prove that Main Streets across Oklahoma are alive and thriving. Congratulations to all the top three finishers and the winners. Each award falls under one of the four points in the Main Street Approach Organization, Promotion, Economic Restructuring and Design. The 2013 award winners include: ORGANIZATION: Best Community Education/Public
Awareness Best Volunteer Development
Program Main Street Hero Best Creative Fundraising
Effort PROMOTION: Best Retail Event
Outstanding Image
Promotion Creative New Event
Outstanding
Web Presence ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING: Best Adaptive Reuse
Project Best
Business Practices Best New Business
Downtown Downtown Business
of the Year DESIGN: Best Public Improvement
Project Best Interior Design
Project Best Façade
Rehabilitation Under $10,000 Best Façade
Rehabilitation Over $10,000 Best Window Display
Best Building/Business
Signage Top 10 Main Street
Communities 2013 Community of
the Year 2013 Watonga Bob
Shoemaker Award (given to the program manager of the year) Friend of Main Street For more information
about the Oklahoma Main Street Program, please call (405) 815-6552 or
visit www.OKcommerce.gov/main-street. |
Contact: Linda Barnett
-- (405) 815-6552 linda_barnett@okcommerce.gov Oklahoma Department of Commerce |