Tulsa Route 66 Commission Launches New Campaign To Attract Visitors
A new campaign encouraging people to shop and dine at different stores on Route 66 through Tulsa is set to begin this weekend. The series is called “Shop 66 Saturday’s,” and is organized by the Tulsa Route 66 Commission.
Ken Busby, Director of the Tulsa Route 66 Commission, said the campaign comes at a time when many businesses are starting to rebound after the pandemic. He said the goal is to boost economic development and is a part of a bigger effort to preserve and revitalize Route 66 through Tulsa.
Businesses along the route will take part each in its own way, including food, arts and shops. Organizers are hopeful people will travel and spend time in the area as travel begins to increase.
We want the whole world to come here and feel safe and enjoy all of what we are doing here, said City Councilor Kara Joy McKee.
McKee said Cyrus Avery, known as the “Father of Route 66,” was one of the few white businessmen who encouraged the rebuilding of Greenwood as a community. McKee said Avery owned property in Greenwood. He was in the process of platting new homes in the area when the massacre happened.
Credit Tulsa Historical Society
After the massacre, he was one who stood up very strongly to implore the citizens of Tulsa to donate to the fund to rebuild Greenwood, said McKee. He pushed back against the interests who wanted to take Greenwood away from the original property owners to make it an industrial area.
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Get your kicks on America s original road trip this 2,448-mile journey from Chicago to Santa Monica is a trip down memory lane of our nation s history.
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The Mother Road. America’s Highway. The Main Street of America. The Will Rogers Highway. Route 66 goes by many names, but no matter how travelers refer to it, there’s one constant everyone can agree on:
“Historic Route 66 is the quintessential American experience,” explains Ken Busby, executive director and CEO of Route 66 Alliance, a nonprofit organization in Tulsa, Oklahoma dedicated to the Route’s preservation, promotion and enhancement. “It speaks to westward migration during the Great Depression, a road of hopes and dreams and opportunities. Route 66 also represents the entrepreneurial spirit of America from diners and motels to curio shops and
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