Main Street Enid has received the Oklahoma Main Street Community of the Year award. Among 11 other Top Main Street Communities eligible for the award, Enid was given the honor during the 27th annual Main Street awards banquet on Tuesday. "I am so thrilled to have won the Community of the Year award," Main Street Enid Director Kelly Tompkins said.  The award is based on quality assurance points, which are earned in a variety of ways, [...]

A crowd gathered Saturday morning outside Leonardo’s Children’s Museum in anticipation of celebrating the completion of a multi-million-dollar renovation and grand re-opening. State and local dignitaries were present to congratulate all those who made the update to the museum possible, and two different proclamations declared Saturday Leonardo’s Children’s Museum Day. Executive Director Julie Baird welcomed and thanked those gather at the museum’s doors, including many who serve on the museum’s board. “Thank you  so much [...]

Joining with Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb, legislators, and business leaders from across the state, several community leaders and small business owners from Enid celebrated the success of small business at the 18th Annual Lt. Governor’s Small Business Day at the state capitol.  Enid's own Aircraft Structures International Corporation (ASIC) was among the three businesses honored with the 2016 Small Business Award of Excellence.  Lt. Governor Lamb said ASIC merited the award [...]

When a pair of F-35B Lightning II fifth-generation fighter planes landed at Vance Air Force Base a couple of weeks ago, among the student pilots looking on was 2nd Lt. Jeffrey Teufel. Little did Teufel realize it at the time, but less than two weeks later he would become the first student pilot from Vance Air Force Base, and only the second in the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command, to be assigned to [...]

Restaurant 5 de Mayo, 221 W. Randolph, received a face lift thanks to a Main Street Enid program. The program, Facade Renovation Grant, is being reinstated to improve visual appearance and strengthen the character of downtown Enid, according to a release. It encourages historically accurate improvements within Maine Street Enid boundaries, according to a release. Building owner Eva Habibi accepted paint color advice from Main Street Enid, qualifying her for a renovation grant, according to [...]

Enid was top-of-mind for congressional and military leaders this week as the Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce took its annual trip to Washington, D.C.  The group visited the Pentagon to meet with top Air Force officials, and held meetings on Capitol Hill with members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation. City of Enid military liaison Mike Cooper led the group in meetings with Lt. Gen. James M. "Mike" Holmes, Air Force deputy chief of staff for [...]