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New Pop Up Sourdough Bread Business is Open in Downtown Tulsa

Give homemade bread this Christmas from downtown Tulsa’s newest pop-up shop, Sourdough Tulsa.

• Breaking Bread: When Brenna and Lawrence MacAlpine moved to Tulsa from Maine, there was a lot to learn. Making a good sourdough starter wasn’t one of them. Tulsa Remote, a program that pays remote workers to call T-town home, brought them here. When they aren’t working on their full time gigs, they’re working dough.

• Delectable Dough: Sourdough Tulsa is a new pop-up shop located at 11 East Reconciliation Way. It’s part of the Downtown Days of Wonder Pop-Up Shops. Cinnamon rolls, coffee cake, and pizza dough are all on the menu. If you are into DIY this Christmas, you can buy one of their starters.

See a full interview with one of the owners HERE.

Community

Food on the Move is Harvesting its First Crop From a Hydroponics Garden

Who needs dirt when you have hydroponics? It is a vegetable growing system Food on the Move is trying for the first time to help combat hunger.

• Harvest Time: Food on the Move is celebrating the fruits of their labor by harvesting it’s first batch of hydroponic produce. The 400 square foot urban farming pod is located at The Common Good in Tulsa. The two nonprofits teamed up to help find a cure for what the USDA has deemed a food desert in west Tulsa.

• Going Green: The farming pod holds 5,000 heads of lettuce and takes about 7 weeks to harvest them through a wall hanging system that feeds them water and man made sunlight. Project leaders hope to get 250 pounds of lettuce out to the community each week.

Learn more about Food on the Move HERE.

Travel

Tulsa International Airport Announces Plans For New and Improved Lounge

You can soon lounge in style at TIA with unlimited food, a full bar and high-speed internet access.

• Come Fly With Me: The TIA Board of Directors approved the ‘Escape Lounge’ last week and construction will start immediately. Memberships will be available closer to opening with discounted rates for military and AAA members and complimentary access for certain credit card holders. Anyone can feel like a VIP with day passes that can be purchased at $45 per person.

• Lounge VIP Style: The new lounge built to the tune of $2.3M will hold about 60 passengers flying out of Tulsa with a relaxing vibe and locally sourced food and beverages made by in-house chefs. It is scheduled to open by Fall 2024.

Read more about the big upgrade HERE.

Community

Crossover Community Center Opens in North Tulsa

North Tulsa now has a new private school that is relocated to East 36th Street North and the facility is open to the public.

• New Digs: Crossover Preparatory Academy is up and running and it’s a full on community center with a new gym and basketball court for use by anyone willing to pay the $15 per month. The all-new $20M building is 18 years in the making and made possible by mostly private donors. $4M was provided by the American Rescue Plan Act.

• Let’s Get Physical: The new community center offers lots of services under one roof starting with Crossover Health Services. Residents can also get financially fit with financial literacy classes.

Take a tour and learn more about the Center HERE.

Community

Winter Wonderland Coming to Woodward Park Thursday

While it probably won’t snow on Thursday, Woodward Park is hosting a wonderland event you won’t want to miss.

• Dreaming of a White Christmas: If you aren’t in the Christmas spirit yet, this event ought to do the trick! Snuggle up and enjoy the sights of the Arboretum from the comfort of a horse drawn carriage while keeping cozy with a complimentary cocktail and bites at the stunning Tulsa Garden Center at Woodward Park.

• Sleigh Bells Ring: The Thursday evening event will serve as a fundraiser for the the Tulsa Garden Center. Arboretum Sleigh Rides will leave every 20 minutes beginning at 6pm and will be serenaded by the talented voices of The Tulsa Carolers.

Learn more about the event HERE.

In other news

• ♻️ In Search Of: Tulsa’s main recycling site must move and City leaders are searching for a new location.

• 🏨 Home for a Night: 103 new hotel rooms are now open on-site at the Tulsa International Airport.

• 🥫 Stock the Station: Grocery shopping for Christmas dinner? Consider helping families in need by grabbing some non-perishable items to donate to Stock the Station.

• 🚂 Toys for Treasured Tulsans: Thousands of foster children are getting toys and other gifts thanks to a local nonprofit.

• 🧸 Sweet Dazzling Dreams: The Tulsa Dream Center wants to give away 8,000 toys and you can help make that dream a reality.

• 📰 CORRECTION: Here at Tulsa Daily, we try to get it right all the time but sometimes our fingers slip! We told you that Isla’s Southern Kitchen was having a grand opening January 9th but it’s actually January 4th.

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