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Food & Drink

Maples Taco and Cantina Opens Their 4th Location

Located not too far from the Pearl District near 3rd and Trenton, Maples Tacos and Cantina’s newest location is turning up the heat.

• Taco Bout Hot: Spicy taco pizza platter anyone? Maples latest location has expanded its menu and it’s hot off the presses. The Birria Pizza Platter offers juicy, slow-cooked beef, crispy tortilla and melted mozzarella to dip in any of the 918 Maples’ signature salsas.

• Quaint Cantina: Maples flagship location, 918 Maples Cafe and Catering, is going strong at 8151 E. 21st St. and the food truck that will be permanently placed this month over at 7901 E. 41st St. will help you save time over the holidays and savor the Chilaquiles, Mexi-Sampler platter and some of the freshest guacamole this side of the cantina.

See the full menu, hours, and locations HERE.

Development

$2B Development Breaks Ground With RV Park in Vinita

Disneyland in Oklahoma? That’s the way American Heartland Theme Park and Resort is described and phase one of building it is underway.

• Take Me Glamping: the 3 phase project is kicking off with a large scale RV park with cabins. Three Ponies RV Park and Campground opens in 2025. The destination will be located in Vinita with 750 RV spaces, 300 cabins, a dinner theater, amphitheater and pool.

• If You Build it, They Will Come: The American Heartland Theme Park and Resort is expected to bring more than 4,000 jobs to the region. It is being compared to parks like Disneyland and Magic Kingdom. Developers expect more than 4.9M guests to visit per year. That’s more than Oklahoma’s population.

See the incredible renderings and more information about the development HERE.

Food & Drink

A Claremore Restaurant is Offering Jobs to Those Displaced by a Fire

Gibby C’s is a new restaurant that opened in Claremore with bittersweet news to share.

• Hope for the Holidays: While being excited about the new cajun style dining location in Claremore, Gibby C’s owners have a heavy but open heart. They are offering jobs to anyone who was displaced by the fire at Molly’s Landing in Catoosa last week. Because of the fire 22 employees were left without a job.

• South in Your Mouth: Carly Gibson has a fully staffed kitchen as it is, but she says she will make room for new employees who want to share in her joy of sharing cajun culinary creations like voodoo chicken, shrimp and grits and blackened ribeye.

Consider supporting this restaurant as they support others. You can read more about the news HERE.

Community

City of Tulsa Honors Sister Cities With New City Hall Sign

Tulsa City leaders are saying welcome to the family with a new sign outside City Hall dedicated to all 8 of our sister cities.

• We Are Family: You can’t miss the large corner sign with 8 different directional banners pointing toward Tulsa's eight international sister cities. The new sign, which is Tulsa’s fifth, was installed in honor of the late Cathy Izzo, who served as the Sister Cities Program Coordinator for Tulsa Global Alliance for 17 years.

• Sister Sister: Stop by and see the sign that is located on the corner of 2nd and Cincinnati right outside the main entrance of Tulsa City Hall. Tulsa recently added a ninth sister city in Mwanza, the second-largest city in Tanzania.

Read more about Tulsa’s Sister City Program HERE.

Community

Jenks Mistletoe Market on Main is Open for Shopping

It’s time to shop and support the great opportunities happening at the Bridges Foundation.

• Shop for a Cause: The Mistletoe Market in Jenks is open all week and it is offering much more than holiday cheer. It's run by The Bridges Foundation and provides jobs for people with special needs. The Main Street store is filled with one of a kind hand made items made by their employees and teams.

• Love Can Build a Bridge: The Bridges Foundation was founded in 1964 by a group of parents who wanted a place for their loved ones with developmental disabilities to get work training, grow life-skills, and increase independence. Today, the agency continues to put this mission into action by providing connections to quality job placements.

Learn more about the Bridges Foundation and the Mistletoe Market HERE.

In other news

• 🎓 Bittersweet School News: TPS is celebrating some wins when it comes to test scores but there’s a big need for those who teach the curriculum.

• ⛄️ A Storm’s Brewin’: The City of Tulsa is getting ready for Mother' Nature’s curve snow balls with winter preparedness and you can see the plans for street clearing when storms hit.

• 🐄 Eat More Chicken: There’s a new Chick-Fil-A opening in Green Country on Friday and it features a ‘Mobile-thru.’

• 🎨 Calling All Artists: The Route 66 Historical Village is in need of a spruce up and Tulsa leaders are calling for mural artists to submit their ideas.

• 👩🏻‍🚒 Goodwill Hunting: The job hunt is being made easier with a new approach at the Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Career Center.

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