The new Amarillo minor-league baseball team, an AA affiliate of the San Diego Padres, announced Tuesday afternoon the name of its club will be the Sod Poodles. Sod Poodles is another name for prairie dogs, an animal native to the Texas Plains. The team also will be called the Soddies, for short. Other finalists for … Continue reading Sod Poodles chosen as name of Amarillo baseball team
Category: Towns
Albuquerque repeals anti-cruising ordinance
The Albuquerque city council this week unanimously repealed a 2005 cruising ordinance, allowing Route 66 enthusiasts to take a slow journey down Central Avenue in their classic cars without flouting the law. The move was expected. The city council a year ago formed a task force to revisit the issue. According to the Albuquerque Journal, … Continue reading Albuquerque repeals anti-cruising ordinance
Mayor grounds Albuquerque Rapid Transit buses
Albuquerque's mayor this week ordered the grounding of the city's troubled rapid-transit buses until the vehicles are inspected and safety concerns are allayed. Mayor Tim Keller told KOAT-TV the city uncovered problems during driver training: Officials say bolts were falling off the doors and the buses' back doors would open on their own while being driven. … Continue reading Mayor grounds Albuquerque Rapid Transit buses
Claremore adds first of many murals over six-year period
The city of Claremore, Oklahoma, and Claremore MainStreet recently finished the first of several murals that will be painted in downtown alleys. The first mural, painted by John Hammer, portrays Route 66, Oklahoma humorist Will Rogers and astronaut Stuart Roosa. Both grew up in Claremore. The city stated this about the mural program several weeks … Continue reading Claremore adds first of many murals over six-year period
Tax-increment financing district considered in two spots on Tulsa’s Route 66
The city of Tulsa is considering two tax-increment financing districts along Route 66 it hopes will boost other projects along the corridor. Tulsa Public Radio reports: Two proposed tax increment financing districts around Mother Road Market and the old Tulsa Welding School site would generate an estimated $23.7 million dollars over 25 years to pay … Continue reading Tax-increment financing district considered in two spots on Tulsa’s Route 66
Flagstaff considers beautification ideas along Route 66
Flagstaff, Arizona, and its beautification and public art commission is considering a variety of elements to beautify its stretch of historic Route 66. The Arizona Daily Sun reported the group is considering 11 signs and informational panels along the road. Mark Di Lucido, community design and redevelopment administrator for the city, told the newspaper the city … Continue reading Flagstaff considers beautification ideas along Route 66
Satellite dishes converted into Native American art along Route 66 in Grants
A local internet provider hatched an idea to beautify a stretch of Route 66 in Grants, New Mexico -- repaint a surplus of satellite dishes to resemble Native American bowls. Connect 66 Internet didn't need the dishes and could have taken them to the dump, the company told KRQE-TV. Instead, it came up with a … Continue reading Satellite dishes converted into Native American art along Route 66 in Grants
Milburn-Price Museum in Vega plans big expansion
Thanks to nearly a million dollars' worth of donated steel, the Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega, Texas, is planning a big expansion. KFDA-TV in nearby Amarillo reports: The steel will be used to build a 7,000 square foot expansion, exceeding and replacing one that was built in the 1950s. Some of the museum’s larger artifacts … Continue reading Milburn-Price Museum in Vega plans big expansion
Kingman has its own Monopoly game knockoff — Kingman-opoly
The Route 66 town of Kingman, Arizona, now has a Monopoly-inspired board game that's being sold online and in local stores. It's called Kingman-Opoly. According to an article in the Kingman Daily Miner, the Kingman-Opoly game started to show up in Walmart stores in Kingman in mid-September. The board game includes these local stops on … Continue reading Kingman has its own Monopoly game knockoff — Kingman-opoly
Interstate 40 repairs affecting Seligman businesses
Old-timers in Seligman, Arizona, must be getting a sense of deja vu, and not in a good way. Forty years after Seligman businesses were devastated by the opening of Interstate 40, the interstate is hampering businesses again -- this time because of repairs to three bridges leading into the town. The Arizona Department of Transportation … Continue reading Interstate 40 repairs affecting Seligman businesses