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...
By Team LTFF ICYMI: Last Friday morning, we at the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation celebrated a MAJOR milestone for Mother Road Market - the one year anniversary of Tulsa’s first food hall! In addition to sharing some of the year’s biggest wins for the food hall,...
By Rick Miller, Kitchen Manager at Kitchen 66 We all have our favorite things to eat, whether it’s from favorite dishes that our family made while growing up that spark pleasant memories of simpler times, or special-event-type restaurants we would go to over the years. But...
By Lauren Edmunds, Assistant Manager at Mother Road Market I’m a brand new Tulsan, coming to the city with my arms outstretched. Newly married, I have my very own little family riding shotgun. With Phoenix, AZ, Tampa, FL, and Louisville, KY, all in the rearview mirror,...
How Mother Road Market Combines Economic Development, Philanthropy, and Sustainability. By the LTFF Summer 2019 interns: Tori Burris, Katy Dirks, Carly Fussell, Kyle Minden and Sarah Rummage Ingredients for Food Hall Success: 5 retail stores1 Takeover Cafe15 food concepts47 Kitchen 66 members10,000+ lbs of diverted food waste259,000+...
By Claire Lemaster, Digital Marketing Coordinator I’ve been working in marketing for 14 years, I never dreamed social media would be the place I’d find so much career joy! For the last five years I’ve worked in social media for a wide variety of companies: real...