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...
By Shakira Brauchie, LTFF Director of Finance and Administration Two years ago, on a bright, beautiful spring day, three friends sat down to discuss the logistics of opening a bar. It was something that had been discussed in casual conversation, for about 6 months or so,...
By Jeff Burdge, Kiva Tulsa Capital Access Manager The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. Steve Jobs From my experience not everyone loves what they do for work. We’re sent off into...
By Cori Ernst, Communications & Digital Media Coordinator If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ve heard the mantra of the importance of social media for your business - probably more than once. But let’s face it - your time and budget are already stretched thin, so it’s likely...
By Breckyn Hudelson, Marketing & Events Coordinator The mission of the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation is to empower Tulsans to achieve their goals by decreasing barriers to big ideas. Through our programming and grantee portfolio, LTFF has helped to elevate Tulsa to be known as one...