Written by Robbie Wing, Director of Kitchen 66 On the day Kitchen 66 temporarily closed to adjust to our future in a pandemic, we had just begun our Spring 2020 Launch Program. We had recently selected 10 amazing entrepreneurs who were ready to take the...
Written by : Jeff Burdge, Kiva Capital Access Manager We’re living in unprecedented times. Countless businesses and workers have the uncertainty of knowing whether their doors will stay open or they’ll have a job to go back to. Kiva Tulsa is here to try to assist...
By Adriana Prieto, General Manager, Mother Road Market The service industry is all about confidence. You have to act like the best, to be the best. Fake it, until you make it. But in these unprecedented times, we are left with little to no confidence...
Sam Extance, Mother Road Market Event Coordinator As a child, I was food insecure. This is not a fact widely known about me because I don’t often share this information with others. Last year, while working with the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma on the...
By: Kathy Taylor During my childhood, I spent a lot of time with my dad’s mom, Mama. The spirit of life she shared with me has stayed with me always. There were a few rules she asked me to always adhere to when I ...
When Mother Road Market was preparing to open to the public, we challenged ourselves to create a place that embodied “the future of the food industry”, and in doing so, we always aimed for inclusivity, diversity and innovation. We have made mistakes and learned valuable...
Over the last several years, we’ve heard a great deal about the strength of the American economy. Stock Markets have been strong on the whole with the Dow Jones Industrial Average expected to hit 30,000 this year and the US unemployment rate the lowest it...
By Elizabeth Frame Ellison, CEO & President 2019 was an important year for LTFF. Not only did we launch the largest program our organization has ever operated in Mother Road Market, we modified our grant application process in a further attempt to solidify a correlation between...
By LTFF Staff 2020 will bring many exciting updates and changes to our programs at the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation, but perhaps the development people are MOST excited about is the opening of Shops at Mother Road Market! Shops at Mother Road Market will be a...
By Sharon Longley, General Store Coordinator I am so excited to be the newest member of the LTFF staff. I've always said I'm an Okie by choice and a Hoosier by birth. Tulsa has been my new hometown since 1993. I love the stories and kindness...