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January/February 2010

Oklahoman of the Year

For her leadership and vision on behalf of early childhood education in Oklahoma, Ramona Paul is the 2009 Oklahoman of the Year. By Randy Krehbiel

The Main Street Blueprint

Everybody knows Main Street, the place. Our primer is a tutorial on an organization that helps transform Oklahoma downtowns. By Brooke Adcox

Town Center

Newkirk, Claremore, Stockyards City, and Sulphur Main Streets: a before-and-after portfolio Photography by Jeremy Green

The Main Event

These Main Street towns - two in each of the state's four quadrants - are shining examples of the wide-ranging outcomes downtown revitalization brings. By Tom Lindley

Black Book

Where else will you find vintage guitars, mountains of rocks, and Pam's Hateful Hussy Diner?  In our Main Street Black Book, of course. By Andrea Miller

Hit the Road

Nobel House Bed & Breakfast and Restaurant is a star in Watonga's Main Street district; bringing 'em to the table at Cattlemen's; and winemaking up close and personal at the Main Street Wine Depot in Ardmore.

Okies

Have gallery, will shine at Scribner's in Enid; Kevin Stark draws everything but a blank in Pauls Valley; and without investments of time and money on the part of key Oklahomans, there would be no Oklahoma Main Street. 

Culture

Wild West meets pop art in Ryan Cunningham's studio; things get dramatic at Main Street theaters, and Wilma Mankiller pens her first Letter From Stilwell.

Marketplace Good stuff from Main Street merchants

Where Are You? He never stayed here, but chances are, he would have liked it. Click here to submit your answer.

Newsstand Date: January, 1 2010