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Downtown Tulsa Farmers Market Opens Wednesday

It’s a farmer’s market you don’t have to wait until Saturday morning for.

• Farm Fresh: There’s exciting news from the Downtown Tulsa Partnership. Remember that awesome farmers’ market they piloted last year on Wednesday evenings? It was such a hit, it’s coming back! The Downtown Tulsa Midweek Market is happening from April 24th to June 26th and then again from September 4th to October 30th.

• Wonderful Wednesdays: You'll find fresh produce, handmade goodies, food trucks and live music at Chapman Green located at 6th and Main. It’s all about supporting local farmers and artists while making Downtown even more vibrant. With the market open 4p to 7p, it's the perfect spot to grab dinner for the family.

Plan your trip to the Midweek Market or sponsor a booth HERE.

Community

Gathering Place Collects Eclipse Glasses to Donate to South America

The solar eclipse may be over for us Okies, but South America is anxiously awaiting the look at it.

• Look Up Child: The big solar eclipse is over and you may be wondering what to do with those glasses you wore. Gathering Place is collecting the glasses to ship to South America for children to enjoy the eclipse this August.

• Total Eclipse of the Heart: It’s another likely reason Gathering Place is USA TODAY’s Best City Park. Generosity runs deep! You can drop off your eclipse glasses at the Guest Services desk inside Williams Lodge.

See Gathering Place’s entire event calendar HERE.

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City of Sapulpa Receives Grant for Route 66 Themed Park

A plan that has been in talks for about ten years in Sapupla just got a major rev to the engine.

• Ket Your Kicks: The City of Sapulpa will receive a $2M grant for its Route 66 themed park planned near Rock Creek Bridge. City leaders hope this new destination will attract visitors who want to stay a while as part of their overall growth plan.

• Money for the Mother Road: The plans include a walking trail, benches, a water tower and more. The City of Sapulpa will hold a meeting Thursday to explore more details of the park and its features.

See Sapulpa’s complete Downtown Master Plan HERE.

Community

State of Downtown Tulsa 2024 Report Revealed

Downtown Tulsa Partnership revealed its State of Downtown Tulsa report Thursday night and the results show a thriving downtown in transition.

• Down With T-Town: DTP says the population of people living in downtown Tulsa has grown along with the new businesses that have opened doors. The report shows there are 2.1M annual visitors to downtown along with a population of nearly 5,000 residents.

• Move-In Ready: The report shows leaders are proud of T-town as it is the 2nd Best City for Pizza, the 4th Best City for Remote Workers and the 19th Best City to Live and Work as a Movie Maker. There are more than 38,000 employees in downtown Tulsa’s 1.4 square miles along with 2,100 hotel rooms and 2,800+ residential units.

See the full report HERE.

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Flywheel Tulsa’s Big Bite Tulsa Reports Successful Turnout and Plans June Event

Flywheel Presents Big Bite Tulsa is in the books after a great turnout.

• Talk With Your Mouth Full: It was a packed house at Oklahoma’s newest food festival featuring 34 of the best restaurants, bars and breweries from across the state. The Gateway Event Center opened up all day Saturday for snacks, sips and snapshots.

• Gear Up: Next up for Flywheel Presents is Big Ride Tulsa. It’s a one-day music event held in partnership with the iconic Tulsa Tough cycling festival. Big Ride happens June 8th.

Learn more about Big Ride HERE.

In other news

• 🎫 Rave Reviews: 8 Will Rogers students are home from NYC with great reviews on The Outsiders Musical that just opened up on Broadway.

• 🌪 Take Cover: We all have that safe place at home to take cover when a storm hits, but what about the meteorologist? Go behind the scenes with KOTV.

•  🍋 Calling all Artists: The Lemon-Aid Project is looking for a Tulsa area student to create a design for the LA2024 volunteer t-shirt that will be worn by hundreds of people around Tulsa over Labor Day Weekend.

• 🍺 May the 4th Be With You: Gilcrease Museum of Art hopes you will sip to support it with an event brewing May 4th.

• 🎓 College Bound: A Tulsa organization awards scholarships in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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