19&21 at Mother Road Market Announces Black History Month Plans
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Tulsa, Okla. | Jan. 31, 2022 -- In celebration of Black History Month, the 19&21 retail space at Mother Road Market is offering newly curated merchandise of local Black-owned brands. The merchandise reflects the creative and entrepreneurial impact of Tulsa’s black artists and makers.
"Beyond sharing an important moment in our City’s history, I have seen this brand serve as an inspiration for others to follow and pursue their purpose," said Trey Thaxton, owner of 19&21. "I’m a firm believer that the richest place in the world is the graveyard, and if I can inspire someone to pursue their own passion and purpose, I will be fulfilling mine."
Featured products include:
Greenwood Ave. - Tulsa-based clothing company celebrating black entrepreneurship around the world.
SubtleHome & Co - Eco-friendly aromatherapy solutions for those with sensitivities or who are seeking a clean and vegan 100% soy wax candle.
Fulton Street Books & coffee - Popular local bookstore and cafe committed to stories, narratives and lived experiences of people of color and marginalized communities.
JanaeJavan - Sustainable lifestyle brand featuring minimalist handcrafted home accessories.
Albert's Barbecue - Gourmet barbecue sauce developed from a favorite family recipe.
Toasted Wine & Fruit Spreads - Delicious fruit spreads made with all natural ingredients.
The shop is also planning a Greenwood Ave giveaway on social media, and 19&21 will continue to donate 10 percent of its proceeds to Justice for Greenwood.
19&21 was created by Thaxton to celebrate black excellence. In addition to its popular clothing brand, Greenwood Ave, the company launched a web series aiming to inspire the next generation of creators around the world. The shop 19&21 gets its moniker from the horrific events that took place 100 years ago and honors the legacy that began in the early 1900s. 1921 signifies the year that people attempted to destroy the spirit of Black Wall Street, but failed.
Visitors can shop the collection at Mother Road Market on Tuesday - Sunday from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
About 19&21 and Greenwood Ave.
19&21 is about celebrating black excellence, featuring its flagship brand, Greenwood Ave. Created by Goldmill Co. in 2018, it was birthed as a need to honor a far too often hidden piece of history, the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. While the story of the massacre continues to gain traction, the companies are focused on celebrating the innovators, risk-takers and pioneers that built the original Black Wall Street.
About Mother Road Market
Mother Road Market, Oklahoma’s only non-profit food hall developed by the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation, is located at 11th and Lewis in the heart of the Tulsa Market District on historic Route 66. It is a vibrant community space for people to eat, sip, shop and enjoy more than 20 different locally-owned businesses, all under one roof. Entrepreneurs have the opportunity to utilize the small shop model to pilot concepts without the burdensome financial investment of opening a full-scale restaurant or retail space.
Shop Local this Holiday Season at Mother Road Market and the Tulsa Market District
Celebrate the season with Small Business Saturday Deals, Holiday Art Markets, a Tulsa Gift Guide and a Christmas Tree Lot!
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Celebrate the season with Small Business Saturday Deals, Holiday Art Markets, a Tulsa Gift Guide and a Christmas Tree Lot
TULSA, Okla. | Nov. 22, 2021 -- Skip worrying about supply chain issues or delivery delays and shop local this holiday season. Mother Road Market and the retail businesses along Route 66 in the Tulsa Market District have everything you need to complete your shopping this holiday season, offering both online and in-person options.
“This holiday season, people can eat, sip and shop local at Mother Road Market, and throughout the Tulsa Market District,” said Elizabeth Frame Ellison, President and CEO of Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation. “There are gifts for all ages and interests, from delicious Mexican cookies, Tulsa-branded apparel and locally made pet products to gifts that support important Oklahoma causes from Black-owned businesses and refugee-relocation efforts.”
The Mother Road Market campus, which includes Oklahoma’s only non-profit food hall and Shops at Mother Road Market, is home to 27 locally owned businesses in the heart of the Tulsa Market District.
Mother Road Market features retail merchants inside the food hall, including 19&21, Knot Yours, Kitchen 66 General Store, LTO | MKT (Limited Time Only Market) featuring Trove and The Vault featuring a daily rotating mix of local Tulsa artists and makers. Launching on Small Business Saturday (Nov. 27), Mother Road Market will host a series of Holiday Art Markets on the patio, featuring live music, goods from local artists, crafters and makers on the following dates:
11/27: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
11/28: 11a.m. to 6 p.m.
12/3: 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
12/10: 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Located on the Southwest corner of 11th and Lewis, adjacent to the the food hall, Shops at Mother Road Market merchants are celebrating Small Business Saturday with sales and giveaways:
With a purchase of $50 or more at Felizsta, shoppers will receive a handmade Feliz Navidad ornament (while supplies last)
Spin the prize wheel at Mythic City with a purchase of at least $50 for a free prize (while supplies last)
Spend more, save more at Graham Collective and shop the store’s extended hours, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Fri., Nov. 27 - Sat., Nov. 28
Shop for the perfect tree at Saturday’s Christmas Tree lot, featuring trees from a local garden center, Southwood.
Merchants along the Tulsa Market District have also launched a holiday gift guide, featuring 20 gifts that are uniquely Tulsa. From a Buck Atom’s snow globe to a Veldy’s essential wine and cheese box, the businesses that call Route 66 home in Tulsa have all one needs to complete their holiday shopping. Get your gifts on Route 66: Tulsa Market District Gift Guide
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About Tulsa Market District and Mother Road Market
The Tulsa Market District seeks to revitalize the local Route 66 experience through a distinctly Tulsa adventure, complete with food, shops, entrepreneurs and makers. www.tulsamarketdistrict.com
Mother Road Market, Oklahoma’s only non-profit food hall developed by Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation, along with Shops at Mother Road Market are located at 11th St. and Lewis Ave. in the heart of the Tulsa Market District on historic Route 66. This vibrant community space invites people to eat, sip, shop and enjoy 27 locally owned businesses, all on one campus. Entrepreneurs have the opportunity to utilize the small-shop model to pilot concepts without the burdensome financial investment of opening a full-scale restaurant or retail space. For more information about Mother Road Market, visit www.motherroadmarket.com.
Big Dipper Creamery Opens Second Location in Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Big Dipper Creamery Opens Second Location in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.
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Big Dipper Creamery Opens Second Location in Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Grand opening celebration to be held on Nov. 18, 2021
Handmade artisanal ice cream shop, Big Dipper Creamery, opens a second retail location and production facility in Sand Springs, Okla.
WHAT: Ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration. Free mini scoops will be provided to kids under 12 all day.
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 18 at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: 120 N. Main Street, Sand Springs, Okla.
WHO: Big Dipper Creamery, Sand Springs Chamber of Commerce and community members
WHY: Owners and operators Sami and Brian Cooper are graduates of the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation’s kitchen incubator program, Kitchen 66. Big Dipper Creamery, which offers handmade artisanal ice cream using locally sourced ingredients, opened its first location at Mother Road Market in 2018. The new location will serve as a production facility to enable expanded operations and a retail shop in Cooper’s hometown of Sand Springs.
Background
"We decided to expand our business into Sand Springs because we believe our town is ready to support new and innovative businesses,” said Sami Cooper, owner and operator. “As a third-generation food entrepreneur in Sand Springs, we look forward to carrying on that family tradition. We love what we do and we're so happy to share that with our community."
Cooper comes from a family of restaurateurs including her grandparents who owned local Sand Spring’s favorite Lee’s Drive-in, where her grandpa had the first soft serve twist machine in Oklahoma. Her parents owned Crescent Cafe in Sand Springs. The new location features a mural, by local artist Veronica Foster, inspired by the original stained glass that sits above the front entryway.
About Big Dipper Creamery
After working at a local ice cream shop in Portland, Samantha Cooper fell in love with small-batch ice cream. After several years living abroad, she and her husband Brian settled in Tulsa. Sami bought a 3-quart batch freezer off the internet and dove into the creative culinary process. Sami made her first batch of ice cream in a spare bedroom with a 30-year-old, 200 lb. batch freezer. Sami and Brian joined the Kitchen 66 Launch Program, bought a cart and sold ice cream at local events and farmers markets. After their graduation from K66, Big Dipper moved into its first brick and mortar home at Mother Road Market in 2018. In 2021, Big Dipper Creamery expanded to a second location in Cooper’s hometown of Sand Springs, OK.
Mother Road Market is First Oklahoma Company to Sign Businesses for Refugee Pledge
U.S. initiative is focused on uniting and showing support for refugees.
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Mother Road Market is First Oklahoma Company to Sign Businesses for Refugee Pledge
U.S. initiative is focused on uniting and showing support for refugees
Tulsa, Okla. | Nov. 11, 2021 -- Mother Road Market, a program of the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation (LTFF), is the first Oklahoma company to sign the Businesses for Refugees Pledge.
Supported by refugee advocacy organizations including, Refugees International, Refugee Council, Refugee Congress and the UN Refugee Agency, the pledge provides U.S. businesses that are interested in going a step further to support refugees with resources to bolster their existing refugee efforts or design and implement new projects to hire refugees, connect with refugee leaders, convene dialogues on refugee issues in their workplaces, volunteer to assist refugees in their communities, and learn about best practices on refugee integration.
"As Oklahoma is poised to resettle nearly 2,000 Afghan refugees in the near future, it is more important than ever to welcome newcomers who are fleeing war, poverty, trauma and many other hardships," said Elizabeth Frame Ellison, President and CEO of the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation. "Joining the pledge reflects our commitment to uplift the voices and experiences of refugees, engage in dialogue, offer inclusive policies and practices and, overall, to create a welcoming and inviting environment for the new people calling Tulsa and Oklahoma home. We are the first entity in the state of Oklahoma to sign the pledge, and I hope to see more businesses follow suit."
The Mother Road Market campus is home to 27 diverse food and retail concepts. As Oklahoma’s only non-profit food hall, Mother Road Market is committed to lowering barriers to success for food and retail entrepreneurs by providing the ability to test concepts with fewer risks. The Market offers restaurant pop-ups at the Takeover Cafe and Landmark Food Truck, and in 2021 had an average of one immigrant-owned company featured each month.
“Our experience at Kitchen 66 and the Takeover Cafe was amazing! We had a lot of visibility and won many customers,” said Alex Figueira, owner of Doctor Kustom and Brazilian native. “Being at Mother Road Market now as a permanent store is the realization of a dream, but it is also the opportunity to increasingly share Brazilian food and culture.”
Current retail pop-ups at LTO | MKT (Limited Time Only Market) and The Vault are also supporting immigrant and refugee causes. Hilo de Amoris owned by an immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico and features goods from her hometown and Trove is a sustainable fashion company that donates a portion of proceeds to support displaced refugees.
Rooted in the inherent belief that food brings people together and is central to supporting families, communities and diverse cultures, LTFF began its journey to provide food entrepreneurs with equitable opportunities for success in 2016 with the launch of Kitchen 66, a food incubator program. The program has served more than 150 businesses, including immigrants from 10 countries. More than half of Kitchen 66 entrepreneurs are women, and recent alumni have represented Guyana, Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador, Canada, Vietnam, the United Kingdom and Ghana.
“We are working to break down barriers through innovative, strategic and long-lasting techniques for underestimated people, including immigrants, people of color, women and, now, refugee populations,” added Ellison. “With the help, support and guidance of many community members and partners, we recently started Cocina 66 for Spanish-language food entrepreneurs.”
Cocina 66 is a collaboration among community leader Elian Hurtado, UMA Tulsa and LTFF’s Kitchen 66. All members of the inaugural Cocina 66 cohort are first-generation immigrants and feature innovative food concepts, including Venezuelan gourmet hamburgers, a Latin bakery, Peruvian cuisine, posole, birria and healthy Hispanic food.
Businesses interested in creating change toward more inclusive communities and policies can find more information atbusinessesforrefugees.org
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ABOUT LTFF: Founded in 1997 by Bill Lobeck and Kathy Taylor, the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation (LTFF) has grown into a second generation investment in making Tulsa an innovative, collaborative and thriving city. Under the leadership of CEO Elizabeth Frame Ellison, LTFF aims to decrease the barriers associated with Tulsans achieving their goals. To fulfill this mission, LTFF acts as a grantmaker, innovator, and convener. LTFF supports the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems in Tulsa through its owned-and-operated programs including Kitchen 66, Mother Road Market, Shops at Mother Road Market and Tulsa StartUp Series, as well as through grants to organizations. For more information about LTFF, visit www.lobecktaylor.com.
Get your gifts on Route 66!
Tulsa Market District Launches 2021 Holiday Gift Guide.
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Get your gifts on Route 66!
Tulsa Market District Launches 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
Tulsa, Okla | Nov. 10, 2021 -- Route 66 turns 95 tomorrow and the Tulsa Market District is celebrating with a special holiday gift guide.
Shop local this holiday season. From a Buck Atom snow globe to a Veldy’s essential wine and cheese box, the businesses that call Route 66 home in Tulsa have all one needs to complete their holiday shopping.
Honoring the 95th anniversary of the famed highway that stretches along 11th Street in Tulsa, the 2021 Holiday Gift Guide to Route 66 represents 20 gifts that are uniquely Tulsa. At the heart of the guide is the idea that the Mother Road is a place to gather, shop, dine and unwind this holiday season.
Get your gifts on Route 66: Tulsa Market District Holiday Gift Guide