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Event

Route 66 Marathon is Just Around The Corner, Here’s What You Need to Know

Get ready to walk, run or volunteer! The marathon that’s been a winner since 2006 is coming back to T-Town.

• Ready to Run: The Williams Route 66 Marathon is happening Sunday Nov 19th on the mother of all roads. Route 66 through Tulsa will be home to thousands of runners in the event that has grown almost every year since its inception. There’s a fun run mile little ones, a 5k run/walk, a half marathon, the full marathon and even a mascot dash.

• Rock the Route: The race starts in downtown Tulsa then you’ll make your way through Tulsa’s vibrant and diverse neighborhoods and the University of Tulsa campus. You’ll see the sights of the park that attracts visitors from around the world, The Gathering Place.

The race is a USATF certified course and a Boston Qualifier. You can register or volunteer for the race HERE.

Community

Tulsa Is the First in Oklahoma to Become a Certified Welcoming City

They don’t call us the “world’s largest small town” for nothing. Tulsans are known for rolling out the red carpet and now there’s even more proof.

• Relax and Stay a While: Welcoming America is a national nonprofit organization that has announced the City of Tulsa as a Certified Welcoming place. They define us as a strong community that intentionally connects and includes people of all backgrounds.

• You Can Totally Sit With Us: Certified Welcoming is a formal designation for cities and counties that have created policies and programs reflecting their values and commitment to immigrant inclusion. The formal certificate will be presented to T-Town on Dec 6th along with a more detailed look at the report that shows why Tulsa was chosen.

The former oil capitol of the world is one of 20 cities and counties in the U.S. with the honor. Read more about the Welcoming City HERE.

Sponsored by Red Heat Ceramics

Turn Up the Heat, It’s Time for the Red Heat Ceramics Art Sale

Red Heat Ceramics art sale is on fire this year with beautiful sculptures hand made by Tulsa artists.

• Carefully Crafted Clay: Red Heat Ceramics clay studio sits in the heart of Tulsa’s Pearl District. Since 2021 it has offered classes and workshops for beginners and experienced artists. With 40 artist members and counting, you can imagine there’s quite a collection of awesome artwork on display and up for sale.

• More Than a Sale : The 3rd annual art sale will feature fun for the whole family with artist demonstrations, music, food trucks, drinks, a raffle and lots of artwork for sale. Raffle proceeds will go to the scholarship fund at Red Heat Ceramics Studio. The art sale happens rain or shine Saturday November 11th from 10am to 4pm and Sunday November 12th from 12pm to 4pm.

‘Ignite the Night’ is a new addition to the art sale from 6pm to 8pm featuring a behind-the-scenes studio tour, silent auction of original artwork, light bites, sweet sips and Raku firing demonstrations. Get your tickets!

Business

Tulsa Has Been Named an Official Tech Hub, What Happens Next

The good news about Tulsa keeps flowing and so does the attraction for tech companies to set up shop here.

• Technically Speaking: Since T-Town Received the EDA Tech Hubs Designation with it’s ‘Equitable & Trustworthy Autonomy’ Proposal, the City is now set up to receive funding that helps grow existing tech companies and attract more. For example, there up to $500M for grabs nationwide as part of a historic investment in U.S. economic competitiveness and national security.

• Team of Techs: Tulsa’s proposal, the Tulsa Hub for Equitable and Trustworthy Autonomy, will advance the development of autonomous technologies. That’s fancy language for, we know how to make drones, cameras, cyber security, and AI programs and we do it well.

Read more about Tulsa’s Tech traditions HERE.

Community

Downtown Tulsa Days of Wonder is Live

Sometimes the holiday calendar can feel a little overwhelming. What if we told you there’s one extremely well organized website that has all you need to know about holiday events happening in downtown Tulsa?

• Holiday Magic Made Simple: Downtown Days of Wonder is a one-stop-shop website with a full collection of holiday events held by non-profit groups and local businesses. The site features pop up shops for checking off that holiday shopping list, details about Jingle Bus tours and details on the big events like Winterfest, Glow on the Green and the Tulsa Christmas Parade.

• Presents and Partnership: Downtown Days of Wonder is brought to us by Downtown Tulsa Partnership, a group of property and business representatives and civic leaders who advocate for and champion the continued improvement of Downtown Tulsa.

Santa helped announce the return of Downtown Days of Wonder, which you can learn more about HERE.

In other news

• 🎄 Elevating Your Home and Events Each Season: Seasonal sophistication hand-delivered to your doorstep, Bells + Baubles has released their stunning fresh holiday wreath collection. Order deadline is Nov 10th! *

• 💇🏻‍♂️ Looking Sharp: An east Tulsa barber shop is offering free haircuts to local heros just ahead of Veterans Day.

• 🚧 Orange Cones Coming Soon: If you drive on South Peoria near midtown, you’ll want to know about some street enhancements and road closures that won’t improve your morning drive temporarily.

• 🏙 Game Time: Just in time for holiday fireplace family time, Tulsa has its own version of the ever popular Monopoly board game coming to a shelf near you.

• 🚚 Bittersweet Move: Former tenants of the Promenade Mall who were forced to move after the mall’s unexpected closure are finding new places to set up shop.

• 🎃 Get Your Free Pumpkins: Just when you thought the Tulsa Botanic Gardens couldn’t get any cooler, they are giving away their gorgeous pumpkin displays.

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