The Oklahoma Route 66 Association announced the third round of Oklahoma Route 66 Revitalization grants totaling more than $5.5 million from the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission.
Several grant recipients were already reported here, including to the town of Canute and the Bristow Historic Society. This is a complete list.
“With the centennial fast approaching, more grants this round were awarded to marketing initiatives and preparations for the centennial itself as the various capital improvement projects approved in earlier cycles get underway,” the association stated.
Below are the recipients, their projects and the amount awarded. More details can be found here:
- Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Commission: $1 million towards a national and international marketing initiative to promote the Route 66 centennial and $406,000 towards providing 42 community Route 66 shield monuments across the state
- Town of Davenport: $30,000 for Route 66 Centennial Monument sign
- Keep Oklahoma Beautiful: $175,000 for a two-year Keep Route 66 Beautiful project to beautify the Route 66 corridor, especially in rural communities
- Town of Canute: ($695,000) for restoration of former Hi-De-Hi Diner into a community hub and visitor’s center; restoration of vintage Cotton Boll Motel neon sign and other historic structures along Route 66 in town
- Uncommon Ground Sculpture Park in Edmond: $300,000 for construction of the Eagle’s Nest, a 37-foot-tall structure that will provide aerial views of Route 66 and the surrounding area
- Gallery @ 112 in Sayre: $50,000 for a 30-foot-tall metal art sculpture featuring the iconic Route 66 shield near Sayre City Park
- Western Oklahoma Co-Op in Clinton: $968,500 for a 400-foot-long double-sided sign structure and art installation spanning over a section of Historic Route 66
- Claremore Museum of History: $504,267 to complete the “Legacy Gardens” project with benches, pavilion, and statues dedicated to famous local figures such as Lynn Riggs and Patti Page
- Elk City Chamber of Commerce: $211,250 for renovation of 181-foot-tall Parker Drilling Rig #114, including lighting, landscaping, paint and signs
- Bristow Historical Society: $774,677 for relocation and relighting of 102-foot-tall historic Chrysler-Plymouth Tower neon sign
- Church Studio in Tulsa: $392,894 to create and install a 20-by-16-foot roadside attraction sculpture based on Leon Russell’s “Shelter Records” logo
(Image of the Parker Drilling Rig No. 114 in Elk City, Oklahoma, by Carleta Latham via Flickr)